InhaltsangabeI. Basic Ideas and Examples.- 1. Real and Complex Matrix Groups.- 2. Exponentials, Differential Equations and One-parameter Subgroups.- 3. Tangent Spaces and Lie Algebras.- 4. Algebras, Quaternions and Quaternionic Symplectic Groups.- 5. Clifford Algebras and Spinor Groups.- 6. Lorentz Groups.- II. Matrix Groups as Lie Groups.- 7. Lie Groups.- 8. Homogeneous Spaces.- 9. Connectivity of Matrix Groups.- III. Compact Connected Lie Groups and their Classification.- 10. Maximal Tori in Compact Connected Lie Groups.- 11. Semi-simple Factorisation.- 12. Roots Systems, Weyl Groups and Dynkin Diagrams.- Hints and Solutions to Selected Exercises.