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Lie algebra
vector space with an alternating binary operation satisfying the Jacobi identity.
Killing form
invariant symmetric bilinear form defined on Lie algebra; trace of composition of two adjoint representations
Jacobi identity
Property of some binary operations, such as the cross product and any ring's commutator
root system
geometric arrangements of points, foundational to Lie theory
centralizer
subgroup of a group G that each leaves invariant each element of a given subset of a G-set
Virasoro algebra
complex Lie algebra, the unique central extension of the Witt algebra
Gell-Mann matrices
set of matrices useful in studying the strong force
Cartan matrix
matrices named after Élie Cartan
Weyl group
subgroup of a root system's isometry group
Dynkin diagram
pictoral representation of symmetry
Kac–Moody algebra
Lie algebra defined by generators and relations through a generalized Cartan matrix
group of Lie type
in mathematics, a family of finite groups
vertex operator algebra
vertex algebra equipped with a conformal element
Casimir invariant
distinguished element of a Lie algebra's center
Leibniz algebra
module over a commutative ring with a bilinear product [–, –] such that for any element x, [–, x] is a derivation
simple Lie group
type of Lie group
Cartan subalgebra
nilpotent subalgebra of a Lie algebra
structure constants
coefficients specifying products of basis vectors as linear combinations of other basis vectors, sufficient to construct a (non-unital) algebra over a field from any vector space
Ado's theorem
theorem stating that every finite-dimensional Lie algebra over a field is a Lie algebra of square matrices
Lie algebra cohomology
algebraic construction of the cohomology of (the underlying manifold of) a simply connected Lie group in terms of its Lie algebra
Lie superalgebra
generalization of a Lie algebra with ℤ/2 grading
simple Lie algebra
Lie algebra that is not Abelian and has no nonzero proper ideals
Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem
explicitly describes the universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra
Jordan–Chevalley decomposition
theorem
Cartan's criterion
criterion for solvability of a Lie algebra over a characteristic-zero field
exponential map
map from Lie algebra to Lie group
Witt algebra
one of basic infinite-dimensional Lie algebras
canonical basis
basis of an algebraic structure that is canonical in a sense that depends on the precise context
weight
concept in Lie-algebra representation theory
(B, N) pair
structure on Lie groups
Malcev algebra
Lie bialgebra
vector space equipped with both a Lie bracket and a Lie cobracket, with certain compatibility conditions between the two
Lie algebroid
infinitesimal version of a Lie groupoid: manifold M with vector bundle E, vector bundle map ρ: E→TM, and a Lie bracket on sections of E, so that [s,ft] = (ρ(s)f)t+f[s,t] for any function f: M→ℝ and sections s, t of E
Table of Lie groups
Wikimedia list article
affine Lie algebra
type of Kac–Moody algebras
Capelli's identity
an analogue of the formula det(AB) = det(A) det(B), for matrices with noncommuting entrie
Levi decomposition theorem
a finite dimensional Lie algebra is a semidirect product of a normal solvable ideal and a semisimple subalgebra
Lie's third theorem
theorem in the mathematics of Lie's theory
Bianchi classification
Lists all real 3-dimensional Lie algebras