mathematics, a Lie algebra (pronounced /liː/ LEE) is a vector space g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} together with an operation called the Lie bracket, an...

of representation theory, a Lie algebra representation or representation of a Lie algebra is a way of writing a Lie algebra as a set of matrices (or endomorphisms...

mathematics, a Lie algebra is semisimple if it is a direct sum of simple Lie algebras. (A simple Lie algebra is a non-abelian Lie algebra without any non-zero...

affine Lie algebra is an infinite-dimensional Lie algebra that is constructed in a canonical fashion out of a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra. Given...

In mathematics, Lie group–Lie algebra correspondence allows one to correspond a Lie group to a Lie algebra or vice versa, and study the conditions for...

In algebra, a simple Lie algebra is a Lie algebra that is non-abelian and contains no nonzero proper ideals. The classification of real simple Lie algebras...

Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} is solvable if its derived series terminates in the zero subalgebra. The derived Lie algebra of the Lie...

used to read off the list of simple Lie algebras and Riemannian symmetric spaces. Together with the commutative Lie group of the real numbers, R {\displaystyle...

In mathematics, a generalized Kac–Moody algebra is a Lie algebra that is similar to a Kac–Moody algebra, except that it is allowed to have imaginary simple...

mathematics, Lie algebra cohomology is a cohomology theory for Lie algebras. It was first introduced in 1929 by Élie Cartan to study the topology of Lie groups...

In mathematics, a free Lie algebra over a field K is a Lie algebra generated by a set X, without any imposed relations other than the defining relations...

mathematics, a Lie superalgebra is a generalisation of a Lie algebra to include a Z / 2 Z {\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} /2\mathbb {Z} } ‑grading. Lie superalgebras...

Lie algebra is a Lie algebra endowed with a gradation which is compatible with the Lie bracket. In other words, a graded Lie algebra is a Lie algebra...

enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra is the unital associative algebra whose representations correspond precisely to the representations of that Lie algebra. Universal...

being the use of the corresponding 'infinitesimal' representations of Lie algebras. A complex representation of a group is an action by a group on a finite-dimensional...

unital, but Lie algebras never are. The nonassociative algebra structure of A may be studied by associating it with other associative algebras which are...

adjoint action) of a Lie group G is a way of representing the elements of the group as linear transformations of the group's Lie algebra, considered as a...

Lie groups, Lie algebras and their representation theory, a Lie algebra extension e is an enlargement of a given Lie algebra g by another Lie algebra...

matrix Lie algebra, there is a linear group (matrix Lie group) with this algebra as its Lie algebra. On the other hand, Lie groups with isomorphic Lie algebras...

any of several closely related exceptional simple Lie groups, linear algebraic groups or Lie algebras of dimension 248; the same notation is used for the...

mathematics, a Lie algebra is reductive if its adjoint representation is completely reducible, hence the name. More concretely, a Lie algebra is reductive...

constants forms a Lie algebra under the Poisson bracket. This Lie algebra is a one-dimensional central extension of the commutative Lie algebra R 2 n {\displaystyle...

The classical Lie algebras are finite-dimensional Lie algebras over a field which can be classified into four types A n {\displaystyle A_{n}} , B n {\displaystyle...

CSA, is a nilpotent subalgebra h {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {h}}} of a Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} that is self-normalising (if [ X ,...

In mathematics, a restricted Lie algebra (or p-Lie algebra) is a Lie algebra over a field of characteristic p>0 together with an additional "pth power"...

In mathematics, a Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} is nilpotent if its lower central series terminates in the zero subalgebra. The lower...

In mathematics, an exceptional Lie algebra is a complex simple Lie algebra whose Dynkin diagram is of exceptional (nonclassical) type. There are exactly...

{\displaystyle K} ) to the Lie algebra K of scalars; as K is Abelian (the Lie bracket vanishes), the fact that this is a map of Lie algebras is exactly the statement...

mathematics, in particular abstract algebra and topology, a homotopy Lie algebra (or L ∞ {\displaystyle L_{\infty }} -algebra) is a generalisation of the concept...

matrix multiplication). The algebraic objects amenable to such a description include groups, associative algebras and Lie algebras. The most prominent of these...