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Representation theory and complex analysis : lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Venice, Italy, June 10-17, 2004

Six leading experts lecture on a wide spectrum of recent results on the subject of the title, providing both a solid reference and deep insights on current research activity. Michael Cowling presents a survey of various interactions between representation theory and harmonic analysis on semisimple groups and symmetric spaces. Alain Valette recalls the concept of amenability and shows how it is used in the proof of rigidity results for lattices of semisimple Lie groups. Edward Frenkel describes the geometric Langlands correspondence for complex algebraic curves, concentrating on the ramified case where a finite number of regular singular points is allowed. Masaki Kashiwara studies the relationship between the representation theory of real semisimple Lie groups and the geometry of the flag manifolds associated with the corresponding complex algebraic groups. David Vogan deals with the problem of getting unitary representations out of those arising from complex analysis, such as minimal globalizations realized on Dolbeault cohomology with compact support. Nolan Wallach illustrates how representation theory is related to quantum computing, focusing on the study of qubit entanglement
eBook, English, ©2008
Springer, Berlin, ©2008
Conference papers and proceedings
1 online resource (xii, 376 pages) : illustrations
9783540768913, 9783540768920, 3540768912, 3540768920
210511700
Applications of representation theory to harmonic analysis of Lie groups (and visa versa) / Michael Cowling
Ramifications of the geometric Langlands program / Edward Frenkel
Equivariant derived category and representation of real semisimple Lie groups / Masaki Kashiwara
Amenability and Margulis super-rigidity / Alain Valette
Unitary representations and complex analysis / David A. Vogan, Jr
Quantum computing and entanglement for mathematicians / Nolan R. Wallach