Fabec Raymond Louisiana State University

Fundamentals of Infinite Dimensional Representation Theory

Pitman Monographs and Surveys in Pure and Applied Mathematics,vol.114

Description

Infinite dimensional representation theory blossomed in the latter half of the twentieth century, developing in part with quantum mechanics and becoming one of the mainstays of modern mathematics. Fundamentals of Infinite Dimensional Representation Theory provides an accessible account of the topics in analytic group representation theory and operator algebras from which much of the subject has evolved. It presents new and old results in a coherent and natural manner and studies a number of tools useful in various areas of this diversely applied subject.
From Borel spaces and selection theorems to Mackey's theory of induction, measures on homogeneous spaces, and the theory of left Hilbert algebras, the author's self-contained treatment allows readers to choose from a wide variety of topics and pursue them independently according to their needs.
Beyond serving as both a general reference and as a text for those requiring a background in group-operator algebra representation theory, for careful readers, this monograph helps reveal not only the subject's utility, but also its inherent beauty.

Audience

Graduate students and researchers in representation theory, harmonic analysis, and operator algebras; Mathematicians and theoretical physicists
interested in representation theory

Contents

Borel Spaces and Selection Theorems
Preliminaries of C* Algebras
Type One von Neumann Algebras
Groups and Group Actions
Induced Actions and Representations
Dual Topologies
Left Hilbert Algebras
The Fourier-Stieltjes Algebra

Fundamentals of Infinite Dimensional Representation Theory
Catalog Number: C2123, ISBN: 1584882123, No of pages: 448
Publication Date: 06/28/00

Vincent Maillot, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France

Geometrie d'Arakelov des VarietesToriques et Fibresen Droites Integrables

Description

The author's aim in this paper is twofold. First, he extends the Gillet-SoulEarithmetic intersection theory so that it encompasses integrable line bundles. In so doing, he uses as an essential tool a product theory for positive currents developed by Bedford-Taylor and Demailly. Secondly, he applies this construction to smooth projective toric varieties. In this framework, he proves, among other things, that canonical heights of hypersurfaces are related to their Mahler measure. As a consequence of the results, the author proves an arithmetic analogue of the Bernstein-Kushnirenko theorem. Text is in French.

Contents

Introduction
Varietestoriques sur $/mathrm{Spec} /mathbb{Z}$
Varietestoriques complexes
Produits de courants
Groupes de Chow arithmetiques generalises
Courants de Chern canoniques sur les varietestoriques
Geometrie d'Arakelov des varietestoriques
Un theorie de Bernstein-Koushnirenko arithmetique
Bibliographie
Index des notations

Details:


Series: Memoires de la Societe Mathematique de France, Number: 80
Publication Year: 2000
ISBN: 2-85629-088-4
Paging: 129 pp.
Binding: Softcover

A publication of the Societe Mathematique de France.

Seminaire Bourbaki, Volume 1998/99, Exposes850-864

Description

Following the format of the seminar, one finds here fifteen survey lectures on the following topics of current interest: the theory of Lie groups and algebras, algebraic geometry, p-adic arithmetical algebraic geometry, combinatorial geometry, differential geometry, partial differential equations, probabilities, celestial mechanics, and quantum computing. Four articles are in English, the rest are in French.

Contents
Novembre 1998

J.-Y. Chemin -- Explosion geometerique pour certaines equations d'ondes non lineaires [d'opres Serge Alinhac]
P. Colmez -- Fonctions L p-adiques
J.-P. Demailly -- Metehodes $L^2$ et resultats effectifs en geometerie algebrique
T. Komorowski -- Brownian motion in a Poisson obstacle field
S. Marmi -- Chaotic behaviour in the solar system [following J. Laskar]

Mars 1999

M. Boileau -- Uniformisation en dimension trois
N. Burq -- Formules de trace, resonances et quasi-modes [d'apres Sjöstrand-Zworski, Stefanov-Vodev et al.]
H. Carayol -- Preuve de la conjecture de Langlands locale pour $GL_n$: Travaux de Harris-Taylor et Henniart
O. Mathieu -- Classification des algebres de Lie simples
M. Talagrand -- Verres de spin et optimisation combinatoire

Juin 1999

C. Breuil -- Integration sur les varietees$p$-adiques [d'apres Coleman, Colmez]
R. Bryant -- Recent advances in the theory of holonomy
Y. I. Manin -- Classical computing, quantum computing, and Shor's factoring algorithm
J. OesterlE-- DensitEmaximale des empilements de spheres en dimension 3 [d'apres T. C. Hales et S. P. Ferguson]
J.-P. Serre -- Sous-groupes finis des groupes de Lie

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Series: Asterisque, Number: 266
Publication Year: 2000
ISBN: 2-85629-090-6
Paging: 483 pp.
Binding: Softcover

Rapha Cerf, Universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France

Large Deviations for Three Dimensional Supercritical Percolation

Description

In this volume, the author considers Bernoulli bond percolation on the three dimensional cubic lattice in the supercritical regime. He proves a large deviation principle for the rescaled configuration. From that, a picture of the Wulff crystal of the model emerges.

Contents

Introduction
The large deviation principles
Sketch of the proofs
The model
Surface tension
The surface energy of a Caccioppoli set
Coarse graining
The central lemma
Proof of the LDP for a single cluster
Collections of sets
The surface energy of a Caccioppoli partition
Proof of the LDP for the whole configuration
Appendix
References

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Series: Asterisque, Number: 267
Publication Year: 2000
ISBN: 2-85629-091-4
Paging: 177 pp.
Binding: Softcover

Richard M. Weiner
(Univ. of Marburg, Germany and Laboratoire de Physique Theoretique, Orsay, Univ. Paris-Sud, France)

Introduction to Bose-Einstein Correlations and Subatomic Interferometry

ISBN: 0-471-96922-2
Hardcover
Pages: 232
Published: Mar 2000
Copyright: 2000

Bose-Einstein and interferometry bridge particle physics and quantum physics and are currently an area of strong interest in high-energy physics. This work demonstrates how and why the phenomena can be used to determine the size and lifetime of particle sources.

Subject: Physics / Solid State Physics / Condensed Matter

Contents
The Foundations.

Hadron Interferometry.

Currents.

Sources.

Applications to Ultrarelativistic Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions.

Correlations and Multiplicity Distributions.

Photons Versus Hadrons: Outlook.

Index.