# Matrix Groups

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- Authors: [Andrew Baker](https://www.bookquiver.com/andy-baker)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2001-11-09

## Description

This book offers a first taste of the theory of Lie groups, focusing mainly on matrix groups: closed subgroups of real and complex general linear groups. The first part studies examples and describes classical families of simply connected compact groups. The second section introduces the idea of a lie group and explores the associated notion of a homogeneous space using orbits of smooth actions. The emphasis throughout is on accessibility.

## Editions

### Matrix Groups

- Publisher: Springer London
- ISBN: 978-18-5233-470-3
- Published: 2001-11-09
- Language: en_US