Classical Groups

Lecture notes for the University of London M.Sc. course A31: Classical Groups (January-March 2000) are kept here. You can have the entire notes as a DVI file (300K), a PostScript file (630K), or a PDF file (340K), or individual chapters as PDF files as listed:

Fields and vector spaces (65K)
Linear and projective groups (70K)
Polarities and forms (110K)
Symplectic groups (50K)
Unitary groups (50K)
Orthogonal groups (65K)
Klein correspondence and triality (60K)
Further topics (45K)
Bibliography (10K)

Please email me if you require further information or if you have any comments.

Further notes on classical groups by Oliver King and James Hirschfeld are available from the Potenza Summer School page. The second edition of Projective and Polar Spaces is now available. (First edition published as QMW Maths Notes 13 in 1991.)

Peter J. Cameron
p.j.cameron@qmw.ac.uk
10 May 2000