Category
page 1Lie groups
Lie group
group that is also a smooth manifold with group operations that are smooth
Pauli matrices
matrices important in quantum mechanics and the study of spin
Lie algebra
vector space with an alternating binary operation satisfying the Jacobi identity.
Poincaré group
group of isometries of Minkowski spacetime
lattice
subgroup of a real vector space
topological group
group that is a topological space with continuous group action
general linear group
n x n invertible matrices over a ring
orthogonal group
mathematical group consisting of transformations of a Euclidean space which preserve distance and a fixed point
special unitary group
group of unitary matrices with determinant of 1
Haar measure
left-invariant (or right-invariant) measure on locally compact topological group
Möbius transformation
fractional linear transformation on the complex projective line
Lorentz group
Lie group of Lorentz transformations
matrix exponential
matrix operation generalizing exponentiation of scalar numbers
Killing form
invariant symmetric bilinear form defined on Lie algebra; trace of composition of two adjoint representations
complex unit circle
set of complex numbers whose absolute value is equal 1; Lie group of complex numbers of unit modulus; topologically a circle
unitary group
group of unitary matrices
root system
geometric arrangements of points, foundational to Lie theory
Heisenberg group
Lie group of 3×3 upper triangular matrices under matrix multiplication
symplectic group
group of matrices preserving a non-degenerate alternating quadratic form
rotation group SO(3)
group of rotations in 3 dimensions
E8
248-dimensional exceptional simple Lie group
polar decomposition
representation of invertible matrices as unitaries multiplying a Hermitian operator
special linear group
group of linear transformations with determinant 1
homogeneous space
topological space that is the space of cosets of a topological group
Weyl group
subgroup of a root system's isometry group
automorphic form
generalization of periodic functions to have group domains
Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula
formula in Lie theory
spin group
mathematical group which is the double cover of the special orthogonal group SO(n)
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adjoint representation
representation of a Lie group on its Lie algebra
Hilbert's fifth problem
mathematical problem posed by David Hilbert in 1900, concerning the characterization of Lie groups
Lie theory
study of Lie groups, Lie algebras and differential equations
reductive group
linear algebraic group over a field such that, after base change to its algebraic closure, every smooth connected solvable normal subgroup is trivial
improper rotation
rotation composed with a reflection
SL2(R)
In mathematics, the special linear group SL(2, R) or SL2(R) is the group of 2 × 2 real matrices with determinant one:
\mbox{SL}(2,\mathbf{R}) = \left\{ \begin{pmatrix}
a & b \\
c & d
\end{pmatrix} \colon a,b,c,d \in \mathbf{R}\mbox{ and }ad-bc=1\right\}.
classical group
groups representable as matrix groups over a real division associative algebra (reals, complexes, or quaternions) that preserve a certain bilinear form (symmetric, skew-symmetric, Hermitian, skew-Hermitian, etc.)
Euclidean group
isometry group of Euclidean space
projective linear group
construction in group theory
ping-pong lemma
theorem about sufficient conditions for ensuring that that several elements in a group acting on a set freely generate a free subgroup of that group
Maurer–Cartan form
on a Lie group G, a canonical 1-form valued in its own Lie algebra; the unique principal-bundle connection on the unique G-bundle over the one-point space
compact group
topological group with compact topology
continuous symmetry
symmetry-based invariance to continuous group action
E6
i 78-dimensional exceptional simple Lie group
simple Lie group
type of Lie group
One-parameter group
Lie group homomorphism from the real numbers
affine group
Group of all affine transformations of an affine space
representation of a Lie group
smooth group homomorphism from a Lie group to the general linear group of a vector space
maximal torus
maximal compact connected Abelian Lie subgroup
Wess–Zumino–Witten model
type of 2D conformal field theory
group algebra
topological algebra associated to continuous groups
symmetric space
pseudo-Riemannian manifold whose symmetry group contains an inversion symmetry about every point
G2
simple Lie group; the automorphism group of the octonions
exponential map
map from Lie algebra to Lie group
Kleinian group
discrete group of Möbius transformations
Coxeter element
concept in geometry
maximal compact subgroup
concept in topology
Infinitesimal transformation
limiting form of small transformation
indefinite orthogonal group
orthogonal group of a space equipped with a metric of indefinite signature
Lie product formula
formula of matrix exponentials
F4
52-dimensional exceptional simple Lie group