Some results on compactifications of semisimple groups

  • Tonny A. Springer

    Utrecht University, Netherlands
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Abstract

This paper deals with recent results involving a compactification X of a semisimple group G. The emphasis is on the case that G is adjoint and X is its wonderful compactification. Group theoretical constructions in G have repercussions in X. The paper describes a number of them.