2007/02/01 by S. K. Donaldson, Donaldson, S. K.
Mathematics · #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #math.DG #math.HO
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0702016
arxiv created 2007/03/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
This is an expository paper in which we explain how basic, standard, results about simple Lie algebras can be obtained by geometric arguments, following ideas of Cartan, Richardson and others.