Representation Theory and Complex Analysis: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Venice, Italy, June 10-17, 2004 / Edition 1

by Michael Cowling, Enrico Casadio Tarabusi, Edward Frenkel, Andrea D'Agnolo, Masaki Kashiwara

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540768913
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	04/10/2008
Series:	Lecture Notes in Mathematics , #1931
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	389
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Applications of Representation Theory to Harmonic Analysis of Lie Groups (and Vice Versa).- Ramifications of the Geometric Langlands Program.- Equivariant Derived Category and Representation of Real Semisimple Lie Groups.- Amenability and Margulis Super-Rigidity.- Unitary Representations and Complex Analysis.- Quantum Computing and Entanglement for Mathematicians.