Representation Theory Seminar

Thursday, February 16, 2017 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Anthony McCormick, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"Reductive Linear Algebraic Groups"

We will begin our discussion of reductive and semisimple linear algebraic groups and explain some of the intuition behind why these properties are useful. Namely, I hope to make the classification theorem of semisimple linear algebraic groups using root systems, which we will see later this term, seem plausible.

MC 5413