Lie Algebras (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Definitive treatment covers split semi-simple Lie algebras, universal enveloping algebras, classification of irreducible modules, automorphisms, simple Lie algebras over an arbitrary field, and more. Classic handbook for researchers and students; useable in graduate courses or for self-study. Reader should have basic knowledge of Galois theory and the Wedderburn structure theory of associative algebras.