In the mathematical field of Lie theory, a split Lie algebra is a pair ( g , h ) {\displaystyle ({\mathfrak {g}},{\mathfrak {h}})} where g {\displaystyle...
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the field of real and complex numbers. A real Lie algebra g0 is called a real form of a complex Lie algebra g if g is the complexification of g0: g ≃ g...
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mathematics, a Lie algebra (pronounced /liː/ LEE) is a vector space g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} together with an operation called the Lie bracket, an...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} is solvable if its derived series terminates in the zero subalgebra. The derived Lie algebra of the Lie...
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E8 (mathematics) (redirect from E8 Lie algebra)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Cartan subalgebra (redirect from Rank (Lie algebra))
CSA, is a nilpotent subalgebra h {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {h}}} of a Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} that is self-normalising (if [ X ,...
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In the theory of Lie groups, the exponential map is a map from the Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} of a Lie group G {\displaystyle G} to...
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This article gives a table of some common Lie groups and their associated Lie algebras. The following are noted: the topological properties of the group...
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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...
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field of Lie theory, there are two definitions of a compact Lie algebra. Extrinsically and topologically, a compact Lie algebra is the Lie algebra of a compact...
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G2 (mathematics) (category Exceptional Lie algebras)
mathematics, G2 is three simple Lie groups (a complex form, a compact real form and a split real form), their Lie algebras g 2 , {\displaystyle {\mathfrak...
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In mathematics, a Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} is nilpotent if its lower central series terminates in the zero subalgebra. The lower...
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algebra Quasi-Frobenius Lie algebra Quasi-Lie algebra Real Lie algebras Reductive Lie algebra Restricted Lie algebra Semisimple Lie algebra Split Lie...
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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...
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Special unitary group (redirect from Special unitary Lie algebra)
This (real) Lie algebra has dimension n2 − 1. More information about the structure of this Lie algebra can be found below in § Lie algebra structure. In...
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Borel subgroup (redirect from Parabolic subgroups of algebraic groups)
positive weight. A Lie subalgebra of g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} containing a Borel subalgebra is called a parabolic Lie algebra. Hyperbolic group...
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In mathematics, the special linear Lie algebra of order n {\displaystyle n} over a field F {\displaystyle F} , denoted s l n F {\displaystyle {\mathfrak...
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Split, decommissioned in 1980 Yugoslav frigate Split, Koni-class Split (graph theory) Split (mathematics), a property of an exact sequence Split Lie algebra...
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Adjoint representation (redirect from Adjoint representation of a Lie algebra)
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...
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General linear group (redirect from General linear Lie algebra)
positive determinant. This is also a Lie group of dimension n 2 {\displaystyle n^{2}} ; it has the same Lie algebra as GL ( n , R ) {\displaystyle \operatorname...
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enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra is the unital associative algebra whose representations correspond precisely to the representations of that Lie algebra. Universal...
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In algebra, a split-complex number (or hyperbolic number, also perplex number, double number) is based on a hyperbolic unit j satisfying j 2 = 1 {\displaystyle...
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N(x)=xx^{*}} is called the norm of the algebra. A composition algebra (A, ∗, N) is either a division algebra or a split algebra, depending on the existence of...
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Representation theory (category Algebraic structures)
matrix multiplication). The algebraic objects amenable to such a description include groups, associative algebras and Lie algebras. The most prominent of these...
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Albert algebra gives a form of the E7 Lie algebra. The split Albert algebra is used in a construction of a 56-dimensional structurable algebra whose automorphism...
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