• I. Algebraic Geometry.- 0. Some Commutative Algebra.- 1. Affine and Projective Varieties.- 2. Varieties.- 3. Dimension.- 4. Morphisms.- 5. Tangent Spaces.- 6. Complete Varieties.- II. Affine Algebraic Groups.- 7. Basic Concepts and Examples.- 8. Actions of Algebraic Groups on Varieties.- III. Lie Algebras.- 9. Lie Algebra of an Algebraic Group.- 10. Differentiation.- IV. Homogeneous Spaces.- 11. Construction of Certain Representations.- 12. Quotients.- V. Characteristic 0 Theory.- 13. Correspondence between Groups and Lie Algebras.- 14. Semisimple Groups.- VI. Semisimple and Unipotent Elements.- 15. Jordan-Chevalley Decomposition.- 16. Diagonalizable Groups.- VII. Solvable Groups.- 17. Nilpotent and Solvable Groups.- 18. Semisimple Elements.- 19. Connected Solvable Groups.- 20. One Dimensional Groups.- VIII. Borel Subgroups.- 21. Fixed Point and Conjugacy Theorems.- 22. Density and Connectedness Theorems.- 23. Normalizer Theorem.- IX. Centralizers of Tori.- 24. Regular and Singular Tori.- 25. Action of a Maximal Torus on G/?.- 26. The Unipotent Radical.- X. Structure of Reductive Groups.- 27. The Root System.- 28. Bruhat Decomposition.- 29. Tits Systems.- 30. Parabolic Subgroups.- XI. Representations and Classification of Semisimple Groups.- 31. Representations.- 32. Isomorphism Theorem.- 33. Root Systems of Rank 2.- XII. Survey of Rationality Properties.- 34. Fields of Definition.- 35. Special Cases.- Appendix. Root Systems.- Index of Terminology.- Index of Symbols.

J.E. Humphreys Linear Algebraic Groups "Exceptionally well-written and ideally suited either for independent reading or as a graduate level text for an introduction to everything about linear algebraic groups."-MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

• I. Algebraic Geometry.- 0. Some Commutative Algebra.- 1. Affine and Projective Varieties.- 2. Varieties.- 3. Dimension.- 4. Morphisms.- 5. Tangent Spaces.- 6. Complete Varieties.- II. Affine Algebraic Groups.- 7. Basic Concepts and Examples.- 8. Actions of Algebraic Groups on Varieties.- III. Lie Algebras.- 9. Lie Algebra of an Algebraic Group.- 10. Differentiation.- IV. Homogeneous Spaces.- 11. Construction of Certain Representations.- 12. Quotients.- V. Characteristic 0 Theory.- 13. Correspondence between Groups and Lie Algebras.- 14. Semisimple Groups.- VI. Semisimple and Unipotent Elements.- 15. Jordan-Chevalley Decomposition.- 16. Diagonalizable Groups.- VII. Solvable Groups.- 17. Nilpotent and Solvable Groups.- 18. Semisimple Elements.- 19. Connected Solvable Groups.- 20. One Dimensional Groups.- VIII. Borel Subgroups.- 21. Fixed Point and Conjugacy Theorems.- 22. Density and Connectedness Theorems.- 23. Normalizer Theorem.- IX. Centralizers of Tori.- 24. Regular and Singular Tori.- 25. Action of a Maximal Torus on G/?.- 26. The Unipotent Radical.- X. Structure of Reductive Groups.- 27. The Root System.- 28. Bruhat Decomposition.- 29. Tits Systems.- 30. Parabolic Subgroups.- XI. Representations and Classification of Semisimple Groups.- 31. Representations.- 32. Isomorphism Theorem.- 33. Root Systems of Rank 2.- XII. Survey of Rationality Properties.- 34. Fields of Definition.- 35. Special Cases.- Appendix. Root Systems.- Index of Terminology.- Index of Symbols.

J.E. Humphreys Linear Algebraic Groups "Exceptionally well-written and ideally suited either for independent reading or as a graduate level text for an introduction to everything about linear algebraic groups."-MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

• I. Algebraic Geometry.- 0. Some Commutative Algebra.- 1. Affine and Projective Varieties.- 2. Varieties.- 3. Dimension.- 4. Morphisms.- 5. Tangent Spaces.- 6. Complete Varieties.- II. Affine Algebraic Groups.- 7. Basic Concepts and Examples.- 8. Actions of Algebraic Groups on Varieties.- III. Lie Algebras.- 9. Lie Algebra of an Algebraic Group.- 10. Differentiation.- IV. Homogeneous Spaces.- 11. Construction of Certain Representations.- 12. Quotients.- V. Characteristic 0 Theory.- 13. Correspondence between Groups and Lie Algebras.- 14. Semisimple Groups.- VI. Semisimple and Unipotent Elements.- 15. Jordan-Chevalley Decomposition.- 16. Diagonalizable Groups.- VII. Solvable Groups.- 17. Nilpotent and Solvable Groups.- 18. Semisimple Elements.- 19. Connected Solvable Groups.- 20. One Dimensional Groups.- VIII. Borel Subgroups.- 21. Fixed Point and Conjugacy Theorems.- 22. Density and Connectedness Theorems.- 23. Normalizer Theorem.- IX. Centralizers of Tori.- 24. Regular and Singular Tori.- 25. Action of a Maximal Torus on G/?.- 26. The Unipotent Radical.- X. Structure of Reductive Groups.- 27. The Root System.- 28. Bruhat Decomposition.- 29. Tits Systems.- 30. Parabolic Subgroups.- XI. Representations and Classification of Semisimple Groups.- 31. Representations.- 32. Isomorphism Theorem.- 33. Root Systems of Rank 2.- XII. Survey of Rationality Properties.- 34. Fields of Definition.- 35. Special Cases.- Appendix. Root Systems.- Index of Terminology.- Index of Symbols.

J.E. Humphreys Linear Algebraic Groups "Exceptionally well-written and ideally suited either for independent reading or as a graduate level text for an introduction to everything about linear algebraic groups."-MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS