Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition List of Figures Prerequisites by Chapter Standard Notation Introduction: Closed Linear Groups Lie Algebras and Lie Groups Complex Semisimple Lie Algebras Universal Enveloping Algebra Compact Lie Groups Finite-Dimensional Representations Structure Theory of Semisimple Groups Advanced Structure Theory Integration Induced Representations and Branching Theorems Prehomogeneous Vector Spaces Appendices Hints for Solutions of Problems Historical Notes References Index of Notation Index