lie-algebras-and-their-representations

Source code for my notes on representations of semisimple Lie algebras and Olivier Mathieu's classification of simple weight modules

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Pablo <pablo-escobar@riseup.net>
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Added a clarification

Added further details on Weyl's proof of complete reducibility

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diff --git a/sections/complete-reducibility.tex b/sections/complete-reducibility.tex
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ complexification of the Lie algebra of a unique simply connected compact Lie
 group, known as its \emph{compact form}. Hence the category of the
 finite-dimensional representations of a given complex semisimple algebra is
 equivalent to that of the finite-dimensional smooth representations of its
-compact form, whose representations are known to be completely reducible -- see
-\cite[ch. 3]{serganova} for instance.
+compact form, whose representations are known to be completely reducible
+because of Maschke's Theorem -- see \cite[ch. 3]{serganova} for instance.
 
 This proof, however, is heavily reliant on the geometric structure of
 \(\mathbb{C}\). In other words, there is no hope for generalizing this for some