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A lie algebra is a vector space over some field with some binary operation. We find that they are the shnlie algebras for the n. Introduction to lie algebras springer undergraduate. This book is designed to introduce the reader to the theory of semisimple lie algebras over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0, with emphasis on representations. The kernel of a homomorphism of lie algebras is an ideal and the image is a.
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