Linear Algebraic Monoids

Introduction.- Background.- Algebraic Monoids.- Regularity Conditions.- Classification of Reductive Monoids.- Universal Constructions.- Orbit Structure of Reductive Monoids.- The Monoid Analogue of the Bruhat Decomposition.- Representations and Blocks of Algebraic Monoids.- Monoids of Lie Type.- Cell Decomposition of Algebraic Monoids.- Conjugacy Classes.- The Centralizer of a Semisimple Element.- Combinatorics Related to Algebraic Monoids.- Related Developments.- References.- Index.