Seminar in Algebra, Lie Theory, and Geometry

Thanasin Nampaisarn

(Jacobs University Bremen)

"Basics of the BGG Category O, Part I"


Date: Fri, March 28, 2014
Time: 13:45
Place: Seminar Room (120), Research I

Abstract: During the course of this talk, I shall give the definition of the Bernstein-Gelfand-Gelfand category O, or the BGG category O. The main objects of interest in this talk are highest-weight modules and Verma modules. To this end, the Poincaré-Birkhoff-Witt Theorem will be explored in details.