Lie theory by examples

[koolmodee]

If you ever wanted to learn about Lie groups and Lie algebras but was frightened by the textbooks, there is great news. John Baez gives lectures this fall, Lie theory by examples (http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/qg-fall2008/).

[koolmodee]

Part two is online! Come on people, you have to enjoy this.

http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2008/10/lie_theory_through_examples_2.html#more

John Baez is even planning writing a book on symmetry, using the material from these notes.

[matematikawan]

I can't find examples relating Lie theory to differential equations.

[koolmodee]

Lie theory is a huge subject. As I understand Baez concentrates in his course on the classification theory of Lie groups and their so called standard representations, which are matrices for the classical Lie groups.