Masaki Kashiwara, Research Institute for the Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan

Bases cristallines des groupes quantiques

Description

Since their introduction by Drinfeld and Jimbo in 1985 in the studies of exactly solvable models, quantum enveloping algebras have been one of the most important tools to describe new symmetries.

For q=0, there is a good base (the so-called crystal base) of the representation of a quantum enveloping algebra U_{q}(mathfrak{g}) of a semi-simple Lie algebra mathfrak{g}. A modified action of root vectors sends the crystal base to itself, thus providing a rich combinatorial structure. Therefore one can reduce many properties of representation to the combinatorics of crystal bases.

In this book, the author presents crystal bases and their applications to multiplicities and weights of the tensor products of two representations.

Contents

Representations de l'algebre quantique U_q(mathfrak{sl}_2)
Bases cristallines des U_q(mathfrak{sl}_2)-modules
L'algebre enveloppante quantique U_q(mathfrak{g})
Bases cristallines des U_q(mathfrak{g})-modules
Cas de mathfrak{gl}_n
Bases globales des U_q(mathfrak{g})-modules
Base cristalline B(infty) de l'algebre U^-_q(mathfrak{g})
Realisation des bases cristallines par des chemins
Cristaux et groupe de Weyl
Bibliographie
Index des notations
Index terminologique

Details:

Series: Cours Specialises--Collection SMF, Number: 9
Publication Year: 2003
ISBN: 2-85629-126-0

J. Mennicke, Jung Rae Cho (eds.)

Group Theory and Low-Dimensional Topology.
German-Korean Workshop, Pusan 2000

200 p., soft cover, ISBN 3-88538-227-X, 2003

This volume presents a selection of worked-out lectures that were held at the 2nd German-Korean Workshop on Algebra and Topology which took place at Pusan, Korea, in August 2000. The papers present surveys and new results primarily in the fields of Group Theory and Low-Dimensional Topology that have not been published elsewhere.

Contents

Preface vii
P. Ackermann, M. Naatanen, G. Rosenberger
The Arithmetic Fuchsian Groups with Signature
R. Brown, M. Bullejos, T. Porter
Crossed Complexes, Free Crossed Resolutions and Graph Products of Groups
C. M. Campbell, P. P. Campbell, B. T. K. Hopson, E. F. Robertson
On the Efficiency of Direct Powers of PGL(2, p)
D. A. Derevnin, Ann Chi Kim
The Coxeter Prisms in H3
D. Hennig, G. Rosenberger
Recent Developments in the Theory of Fuchsian and Kleinian Groups
Ann Chi Kim, Yangkok Kim
On Generalized Whitehead Links and 3-Manifolds
Jae-Ryong Kim, Moo Ha Woo
Topology Fields and Fixed Points of Flows
E. Kudryavtseva, R. Weidmann, H. Zieschang
Quadratic Equations in Free Groups and Topological Applications
A. Mednykh, A. Vesnin
Colourings of Polyhedra and Hyperelliptic 3-Manifolds
J. Mennicke
Linear Groups over Rings of Integers
Ch. Menzel, J. R. Parker
Pseudo-Anosov Diffeomorphisms of the Twice Punctured Torus
M. Mulazzani
3-Manifolds with Cyclic Symmetry and (1,1)-Knots
A. Szczepanski
Holonomy Groups of Crystallographic Groups with Finite Outer Automorphism Groups
K.-I. Tahara
Survey on Dimension Subgroup Problem

V. V. Kravchenko

Applied Quaternionic Analysis

136 p., soft cover, ISBN 3-88538-228-8, 2003

Quaternionic analysis is the most natural and close generalization of complex analysis that preserves many of its important features. The present book is meant as an introduction and invitation to this theory and its applications (in fact it was inspired by a course given by the author to graduate engineering students). Restricting ourselves to Maxwell's equations and the Dirac equation only we show the progress achieved in applied quaternionic analysis during the last five years, emphasising results which can not so easily be obtained by other methods. Thus, the main objective of this work is to introduce the reader to some topics of quaternionic analysis whose selection is motivated by particular models from the theory of electromagnetic and spinor fields, and to show the usefulness and necessity of applying the tools of quaternionic analysis to these kinds of problems.


Stef Tijs, Tilburg University, Tilburg

Introduction to Game Theory

This book is an introductory graduate level text on game theory, which grew out of courses for students in Mathematics in Nijmegen and for students in Econometrics and Operations Research in Tilburg.

Game theory deals with mathematical models of conflict and cooperation.

In the first nine chapters attention is paid to non-cooperative games in
extensive and strategic form and to some economic applications. Relations with the theory of linear programming and the theory of linear complementarity are indicated.

In the last ten chapters different types of cooperative games and solution
concepts are treated. Economic applications and applications in
OR-situations with multiple agents are discussed.

A rich collection of exercises, partly with solutions, is included.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Game in Strategic form
3. Two-person zero-sum games
4. Mixed extensions of bimatrix games
5. The Nash equilibria of a 3-person game
6. Linear programming and matrix games
7. Linear complementarity and bimatrix games
8. Potential games
9. Other topics in non-cooperative game theory
10. Games in coalitional form
11. The imputation set and the core
12. Linear production games
13. Dominance, the D-core and stable sets
14. The Shapley value
15. The r-value
16. The nucleolus
17. Bargaining games
18. NTU-games
19. The NTU-value
A Solutions of Exercises
B Extra exercises
Bibliography
Index

Texts and Readings in Mathematics/ 23
March 2003, 184 pages, Hardback, ISBN 81-85931-37-2

B. Sury, Indian Statistical Institute, Banglore

The Congruence Subgroup Problem
An elementary approach aimed at applications

This is an elementary introduction to the congruence subgroup problem, a problem which deals with number theoretic properties of groups defined arithmetically.

The novelty and, indeed, the goal of this book is to present some applications to group theory as well as to number theory which have emerged in the last fifteen years.

No knowledge of algebraic groups is assumed and the choice of the examples discussed seeks to convey that even these special cases give interesting applications.

After the background material in group theory and number theory, solvable groups are treated first and some generalisations are presented using class field theory.Then the group SL(n) over rings of S-integers is studied. The methods involved are very different from the ones employed
for solvable groups. Group theoretic properties like presentations and central extensions are extensively used. Several proofs which appeared after the original ones are discussed.

The last chapter has a survey of the status of the congruence subgroup problem for general algebraic groups. Only outlines of proofs are given here and with a sufficient understanding of algebraic groups the proofs can be completed.

The book is intended for beginning graduate students. Many exercises are given.

Contents

Preface

1. A review of background material
2. Solvable groups
3. SL2 - The negative solutions
4. SLn(Os) - Positive cases of CSP
5. Applications of the CSP
6. CSP in general algebraic groups
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Texts and Readings in Mathematics/ 24
March 2003, 318 pages, Hardback, ISBN 81-85931-38-0