VVZ API is not affiliated with ETH Zurich. Data might be outdated or incorrect. Please view the official ETHZ Vorlesungsverzeichnis for binding information.
Abstract
* Generalities on symmetric spaces: locally and globally symmetric spaces, groups of isometries, examples* Symmetric spaces of non-compact type: flats and rank, roots and root spaces* Iwasawa decomposition, Weyl group, Cartan decomposition* Geometry at infinity
Objective
Learn the basics of symmetric spaces