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In this chapter, we will introduce Lie algebras and Lie algebra representations, which provide a tractable linear construction that captures much of the behavior of Lie groups and Lie group representations.
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Woit, P. (2017). Lie Algebras and Lie Algebra Representations. In: Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64612-1_5
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