Honors Oral Exam

Correspondence between Lie groups and Lie algebras

Yuqiao Huang (University of Rochester)

Thursday, April 20th, 2023
1:45 PM - 2:35 PM
Hylan 307 (Computer Lab)

Given a circle, we can of course find its tangent space at each point. But can the information about the tangent space also determine the circle? We will study Lie groups and Lie algebras (the tangent space at the identity), and how they correspond. We will start from the basic definitions and build up to show that Lie algebras somehow determine their corresponding Lie groups.

Event contact: jonathan dot pakianathan at rochester dot edu