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Jim Humphreys (1939-2020)

More-or-less retired professor at UMass Amherst. Basically an algebraist with interests in Lie theory, specifically representation theory and related algebraic geometry.
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Motivating the Casimir element
Sep 7, 2011
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What are "classical groups"?
Dec 28, 2010
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Origin of terms "flag", "flag manifold", "flag variety"?
Mar 13, 2011
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Is Galois theory necessary (in a basic graduate algebra course)?
Aug 1, 2010
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Books you would like to read (if somebody would just write them…)
Jan 30, 2011
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What role does the "dual Coxeter number" play in Lie theory (and should it be called the "Kac number")?
May 22, 2010
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Fraktur symbols for Lie algebras
Mar 1, 2012
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What is significant about the half-sum of positive roots?
Nov 5, 2011
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Definition of "finite group of Lie type"?
Jul 16, 2013
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Fields of mathematics that were dormant for a long time until someone revitalized them
May 11, 2010