LIE GROUPS OGTM:NCS PAPER: An Introduction through Linear Groups (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics) cover
LIE GROUPS OGTM:NCS PAPER: An Introduction through Linear Groups (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics)
by Wulf Rossmann
Description: Lie Groups: An Introduction Through Linear Groups presents fundamental concepts of Lie groups and their representations, focusing on linear groups and building from undergraduate-level mathematics to more advanced topics in the field
ISBN: 0199202516
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stochastician · 2025-12-03 · Original thread
If, like me, you're not a real mathematician but suffered through linear algebra and differential equations, you can still totally understand this stuff! I started off teaching myself differential geometry but ultimately had far more success with lie theory from a matrix groups perspective. I highly recommend:

https://www.amazon.com/Lie-Groups-Introduction-Graduate-Math...

and

https://bookstore.ams.org/text-13

My friends were all putnam nerds in college and I was not, and I assumed this math was all beyond me, but once you get the linear algebra down it's great!