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Resources on invariant theory

What are resources on invariant theory? Basically I've run into a need to teach myself some of the basics of invariant theory and was looking for a good place to start. I'd prefer online / freeish ...
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"Approximating" ring of semi-invariants

I'm trying to calculate the semi-invariant ring for certain types of quivers. For a very brief introduction to semi-invariant rings of quiver please have a look at this wikipedia article at the ...
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Help with Macaulay2 computation of invariant ring

Consider the algebraic group $G:=\operatorname{SL}_{2}\times\operatorname{SL}_{2}$ acting on $V:=\operatorname{Mat}_{2\times 2}\oplus\operatorname{Mat}_{2\times 2}$ via the action $(A,B)\,\cdot\,(X,Y)=...
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Software for computing invariant rings

I have an linearly reductive algebraic group $G$ acting regularly on an affine variety $X$(over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0). I want to compute the invariant ring $\mathbb{K}[X]^{...
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Invariant ring of the subvariety

Let $G$ be a linearly reductive algebraic group and $X$ be an affine $G$-variety over an algebraically closed field $\mathbb{K}$. Let $Y\subset X$ be a (closed) affine subvariety of $X$ which is also $...
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Invariants of linear endomorphisms of tensor products

Let $V$ and $W$ be two finite dimensional vector spaces over an algebraically closed field $K$ of characteristic zero. Consider the coordinate ring $K[\mathrm{End}(V\otimes W)]$ of the affine space ...
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Invariants and subgroups

Let $G$ be an affine algebraic group over some algebraically closed field $K$, and let $H$ be a closed subgroup. Assume that $G$ acts algebraically on an affine variety $X$. Assume that $X'\subseteq ...
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Quotient of affine space by cyclic permutation

The quotient of the affine space $\mathbb{A}^n$ by the symmetric group $Sym_n$ is again an affine space of the same dimension, and invariants are given by elementary symmetric polynomials. What ...