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"This is the second volume of the new subseries ""Invariant Theory and Algebraic Transformation Groups"". The aim of the survey by A. Bialynicki-Birula is to present the main trends and achievements of research in the theory of quotients by actions of algebraic groups. This theory contains geometric invariant theory with various applications to problems of moduli theory. The contribution by J. Carrell treats the subject of torus actions on algebraic varieties, giving a detailed exposition of many of the cohomological results one obtains from having a torus action with fixed points. Many examples, such as toric varieties and flag varieties, are discussed in detail. W.M. McGovern studies the actions of a semisimple Lie or algebraic group on its Lie algebra via the adjoint action and on itself via conjugation. His contribution focuses primarily on nilpotent orbits that have found the widest application to representation theory in the last thirty-five years."

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Author:   A. Bialynicki-Birula ,  J. Carrell ,  W.M. McGovern
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Volume:   131
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783642077456

ISBN 10:   3642077455
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   18 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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This volume of the Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences contains three contributions on actions of algebraic groups. The first one, by A. Bialynicki-Birula, is concerned with the general concept of a quotient, while the other two, by J.B.Carrell and W.M. McGovern, are on more specific topics. [...] These three articles are all of value, but have somewhat different nature. Bialynicki-Birula's is a survey of a very wide area of research and requires much prior knowledge on the part of the reader. It is certainly not some something one could suggest as reading for a starting graduate student, but it is a useful reference for those who already have some knowledge and want to know about some aspect of the theory of quotients. The other two articles are much more accessible, especially that of McGovern, but could also be used as a source of general reference in the (more limited) areas they study. P.Newstead, Liverpool, Jahresberichte der DMV, Vol. 107, Issue 4 (2005)

This volume of the Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences contains three contributions on actions of algebraic groups. The first one, by A. Bialynicki-Birula, is concerned with the general concept of a quotient, while the other two, by J.B.Carrell and W.M. McGovern, are on more specific topics. [...] These three articles are all of value, but have somewhat different nature. Bialynicki-Birula's is a survey of a very wide area of research and requires much prior knowledge on the part of the reader. It is certainly not some something one could suggest as reading for a starting graduate student, but it is a useful reference for those who already have some knowledge and want to know about some aspect of the theory of quotients. The other two articles are much more accessible, especially that of McGovern, but could also be used as a source of general reference in the (more limited) areas they study. P.Newstead, Liverpool, Jahresberichte der DMV, Vol. 107, Issue 4 (2005)

This volume of the Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences contains three contributions on actions of algebraic groups. The first one, by A. Bialynicki-Birula, is concerned with the general concept of a quotient, while the other two, by J.B.Carrell and W.M. McGovern, are on more specific topics. [...] These three articles are all of value, but have somewhat different nature. Bialynicki-Birula's is a survey of a very wide area of research and requires much prior knowledge on the part of the reader. It is certainly not some something one could suggest as reading for a starting graduate student, but it is a useful reference for those who already have some knowledge and want to know about some aspect of the theory of quotients. The other two articles are much more accessible, especially that of McGovern, but could also be used as a source of general reference in the (more limited) areas they study. P.Newstead, Liverpool, Jahresberichte der DMV, Vol. 107, Issue 4 (2005)

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