Analysis and Geometry on Complex Homogeneous Domains

A number of important topics in complex analysis and geometry arecovered in this excellent introductory text. Written by experts inthe subject, each chapter unfolds from the basics to the more complex.The exposition is rapid-paced and efficient, without compromisingproofs and examples that enable the reader to grasp the essentials.The most basic type of domain examined is the bounded symmetricdomain, originally described and classified by Cartan and Harish-Chandra. Two of the five parts of the text deal with these domains:one introduces the subject through the theory of semisimple Liealgebras (Koranyi), and the other through Jordan algebras and triplesystems (Roos). Larger classes of domains and spaces are furnished bythe pseudo-Hermitian symmetric spaces and related R-spaces. Theseclasses are covered via a study of their geometry and a presentationand classification of their Lie algebraic theory (Kaneyuki).In the fourth part of the book, the heat kernels of the symmetricspaces belonging to the classical Lie groups are determined (Lu).Explicit computations are made for each case, giving precise resultsand complementing the more abstract and general methods presented.Also explored are recent developments in the field, in particular, thestudy of complex semigroups which generalize complex tube domains andfunction spaces on them (Faraut).This volume will be useful as a graduate text for students of Liegroup theory with connections to complex analysis, or as a self-studyresource for newcomers to the field. Readers will reach the frontiersof the subject in a considerably shorter time than with existingtexts.