Introductory Lecture: "Introduction to Representation Theory"

Professor Dan Edidin is a ​Fulbright-TAU Senior Scholar at The Institute of Advanced Studies for the academic year 2024/2025.

Abstract:

A representation of an abstract group is its realization as a group of linear transformations. We introduce fundamental results in the representation theory of compact groups such as Weyl’s unitarian trick and Schur’s lemma. We will then explain how these results are applicable to questions ranging from the design of deep neural networks to cryo-electron microscopy.