{"product_id":"9783030021900","title":"Progress in Mathematics: A Tribute to the Life and Work of Bertram Kostant","description":"\u003ch1\u003eProgress in Mathematics: A Tribute to the Life and Work of Bertram Kostant\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKac, Victor G.; Popov, Vladimir L.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis volume, dedicated to the memory of the great American mathematician Bertram Kostant (May 24, 1928 – February 2, 2017), is a collection of 19 invited papers by leading mathematicians working in Lie theory, representation theory, algebra, geometry, and mathematical physics.  Kostant’s fundamental work in all of these areas has provided deep new insights and connections, and has created new fields of research.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis volume features the only published articles of important recent results of the contributors with full details of their proofs.  Key topics include:\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoisson structures and potentials (A. Alekseev, A. Berenstein, B. Hoffman) \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVertex algebras (T. Arakawa, K. Kawasetsu)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModular irreducible representations of semisimple Lie algebras (R. Bezrukavnikov, I. Losev)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsymptotic Hecke algebras (A. Braverman, D. Kazhdan)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTensor categories and quantum groups (A. Davydov, P. Etingof, D. Nikshych)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNil-Hecke algebras and Whittaker \u003ci\u003eD\u003c\/i\u003e-modules (V. Ginzburg)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToeplitz operators (V. Guillemin, A. Uribe, Z. Wang)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKashiwara crystals (A. Joseph)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharacters of highest weight modules (V. Kac, M. Wakimoto)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlcove polytopes (T. Lam, A. Postnikov)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepresentation theory of quantized Gieseker varieties (I. Losev)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneralized Bruhat cells and integrable systems (J.-H. Liu, Y. Mi)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlmost characters (G. Lusztig)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVerlinde formulas (E. Meinrenken)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDirac operator and equivariant index (P.-É. Paradan, M. Vergne)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModality of representations and geometry of \u003ci\u003eθ\u003c\/i\u003e-groups (V. L. Popov)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistributions on homogeneous spaces (N. Ressayre)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReduction of orthogonal representations (J.-P. Serre)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Birkhäuser\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-12-29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030021900\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-02191-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 540\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46541462634636,"sku":"9783030021900","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030021900.jpg?v=1775736607","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030021900","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}