Algebraic Quotients. Torus Actions and Cohomology. The Adjoint Representation and the Adjoint Action

This is the second volume of the new subseries "Invariant Theory and Algebraic Transformation Groups". Bialynicki-Birula is to present the main trends and achievements of research in the theory of quotients by actions of algebraic groups. This theory contains geometric invariant theory with various applications to problems of moduli theory.