Lecture 1. Introduction to affine varieties and algebraic groups, examples such as general linear groups and subgroups.

Lecture 2. The rational representation theory of algebraic groups and polynomial representation theory of general linear groups.

Lecture 3. Schur algebras for general linear groups and other reductive groups. Connections between rational representations and representation of finite dimensional algebras.
Speaker(s): Stephen Donkin (University of York)
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