Contains three surveys each covering a topic in the field of invariant theory and algebraic transformation groups.Bialynicki-Birula presents the main trends and... » 

Contains three surveys each covering a topic in the field of invariant theory and algebraic transformation groups.Bialynicki-Birula presents the main trends and achievements of research in the theory of quotients by actions of algebraic groups.Carrell treats the subject of torus actions on algebraic varieties, giving a detailed exposition of many of the cohomological results one obtains from having a torus action with fixed points.McGovern studies the actions of a semisimple Lie or algebraic group on its Lie algebra via the adjoint action and on itself via conjugation.32 «