Lie Groups

A.Y. 2023/2024
6
Max ECTS
42
Overall hours
SSD
MAT/03
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
The course aims at providing the basic notions of Lie Groups and Lie Algebras.
Expected learning outcomes
The expected learning outcomes regard the knowledge and the ability to use Lie groups and their fundamental topological and differential properties.
Single course

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
LIE GROUPS
Vector fields, flow
Distributions, Involutive Distributions, Frobenius Theorem
Lie Groups examples
Covering of Lie groups and their fundamental Groups
Lie algebras
Invariant fields
Lie groups Theorems, correspondences between Algebras and Lie Groups
Adjoint representations, exponential maps
Classification of abelian Lie Groups.

LIE GROUPS ACTIONS
Actions, proper actions, Actions of compact Lie Groups
Haar Measure, unimodular groups
The Slice Theorem
Classifications of orbits types, coadjoint action,
Symplectic manifolds, Hamiltonian actions, moment map.
Delzant conjecture. Toric manifolds.


· Azioni di gruppi compatti. Gruppi unimodulari. Esistenza di Misure di Haar;
· Il teorema della Slice e idee della dimostrazione;
· Classificazione delle orbite;
· Variet`a simplettiche, richiami su fibrati principali e fibrati associati;
· Azioni Hamiltoniane, mappa momento;
· Riduzioni simplettiche, Teorema di Marsden-Weintein;
· Variet`a Simplettiche Toriche, Teorema di Delzant.
Prerequisites for admission
Fundamental Group, geometry 1,2,3,4
Teaching methods
Oral lessons
Teaching Resources
Lie Groups and geometric aspects of isometric actions (Bettiol and Alexandrino)
Notes of Podestà and Spiro
Notes of Abbena Console and Garbiero
Assessment methods and Criteria
Oral examination with a seminar
MAT/03 - GEOMETRY - University credits: 6
Lessons: 42 hours
Professor: Gori Anna
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