A linear algebraic group over an algebraically closed field is reductive (respectively semisimple) if it has no closed, connected, normal, unipotent (resp. solvable) subgroup other than {e}. Important examples are GL_n, SL_n, PGL_n, SO_n, Sp_2n. They are even semisimple (except for GL_n). The goal of the seminar is to continue studying the structure of linear algebraic, reductive, and semisimple groups and to prove the classification statement for reductive groups by root data.

Semester: WT 2025/26