In Spring 2016 I was taking 18.757 Representations of Lie Algebras. Since I knew next to nothing about either Lie groups or algebras, I was forced to quickly learn about their basic facts and properties. These are the notes that I wrote up accordingly. Proofs of most of these facts can be found in standard… Continue reading Facts about Lie Groups and Algebras
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Things Fourier
For some reason several classes at MIT this year involve Fourier analysis. I was always confused about this as a high schooler, because no one ever gave me the ``orthonormal basis'' explanation, so here goes. As a bonus, I also prove a form of Arrow's Impossibility Theorem using binary Fourier analysis, and then talk about… Continue reading Things Fourier
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