February 11th

February 11th

A Mathematical Gift, 1: The Interplay Between Topology, Functions, Geometry, and Algebra (Mathematical World)

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I haven't read this English book, but do have Koji Shiga's 5-volume (10 with workbooks) Japanese middle/high school math course, regarded as one of the best introductions to math for Japanese students who wish to specialize in math at hig

A Mathematical Gift, II

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Kac-Moody Lie Algebras and Related Topics

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Introduced independently by Victor Kac and Robert Moody around 1967, Kac-Moody Lie algebras "can be thought of as infinite dimension analogs of finite dimensional semisimple Lie algebras." Sixteen papers from the January 2002 symposium p

Hecke Algebras With Unequal Parameters (Crm Monograph Series, V. 18)

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In 1979, Kazhdan and Lusztig discovered a particular basis (the KL-basis) in a Hecke algebra, which is very important in studying relations between representation theory and geometry of the corresponding flag varieties. In this text for

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