Download or read book Actions and Invariants of Algebraic Groups written by Walter Ferrer Santos and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-04-26 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actions and Invariants of Algebraic Groups presents a self-contained introduction to geometric invariant theory that links the basic theory of affine algebraic groups to Mumford's more sophisticated theory. The authors systematically exploit the viewpoint of Hopf algebra theory and the theory of comodules to simplify and compactify many of the rele