Kursinformation

Course Contents
In the first part of the lecture we study the structure and representation theory of semisimple Lie algebras. Then we give an introduction into the theory of vertex algebras.
 

Literature
Serre: Complex semisimple Lie algebras, Springer
Humphreys: Introduction to Lie algebras and representation theory, Springer
Bourbaki: Lie groups and Lie algebras, Springer
Kac: Infinite dimensional Lie algebras, Cambridge University Press
Carter: Lie algebras of finite and affine type, Cambridge University Press
Frenkel, Ben-Zvi: Vertex algebras and algebraic curves, AMS
Kac: Vertex algebras for beginners, AMS
 

Preconditions
recommended: Algebra