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78-422: Let G be a real or complex Lie group with Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} , and let C [ g ] {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} [{\mathfrak {g}}]} denote the algebra of C {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} } -valued polynomials on g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} (exactly

156-470: A p -adic Lie group over the p -adic numbers , a topological group which is also an analytic p -adic manifold, such that the group operations are analytic. In particular, each point has a p -adic neighborhood. Hilbert's fifth problem asked whether replacing differentiable manifolds with topological or analytic ones can yield new examples. The answer to this question turned out to be negative: in 1952, Gleason , Montgomery and Zippin showed that if G

234-523: A G-structure , where G is a Lie group of "local" symmetries of a manifold. Lie groups (and their associated Lie algebras) play a major role in modern physics, with the Lie group typically playing the role of a symmetry of a physical system. Here, the representations of the Lie group (or of its Lie algebra ) are especially important. Representation theory is used extensively in particle physics . Groups whose representations are of particular importance include

312-411: A Lie group (pronounced / l iː / LEE ) is a group that is also a differentiable manifold , such that group multiplication and taking inverses are both differentiable. A manifold is a space that locally resembles Euclidean space , whereas groups define the abstract concept of a binary operation along with the additional properties it must have to be thought of as a "transformation" in

390-622: A holomorphic (complex-)vector bundle on a complex manifold M . The curvature form Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } of E , with respect to some hermitian metric, is not just a 2-form, but is in fact a (1, 1)-form (see holomorphic vector bundle#Hermitian metrics on a holomorphic vector bundle ). Hence, the Chern–Weil homomorphism assumes the form: with G = GL n ⁡ ( C ) {\displaystyle G=\operatorname {GL} _{n}(\mathbb {C} )} , Lie group In mathematics ,

468-421: A Lie algebra whose underlying vector space is the tangent space of the Lie group at the identity element and which completely captures the local structure of the group. Informally we can think of elements of the Lie algebra as elements of the group that are " infinitesimally close" to the identity, and the Lie bracket of the Lie algebra is related to the commutator of two such infinitesimal elements. Before giving

546-457: A Lie group when given the subspace topology . If we take any small neighborhood U {\displaystyle U} of a point h {\displaystyle h} in H {\displaystyle H} , for example, the portion of H {\displaystyle H} in U {\displaystyle U} is disconnected. The group H {\displaystyle H} winds repeatedly around

624-409: A closed subgroup of GL ⁡ ( n , C ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {GL} (n,\mathbb {C} )} ; that is, a matrix Lie group satisfies the above conditions.) Then a Lie group is defined as a topological group that (1) is locally isomorphic near the identities to an immersely linear Lie group and (2) has at most countably many connected components. Showing

702-429: A covariant functor from the category of Lie groups to the category of Lie algebras which sends a Lie group to its Lie algebra and a Lie group homomorphism to its derivative at the identity. Two Lie groups are called isomorphic if there exists a bijective homomorphism between them whose inverse is also a Lie group homomorphism. Equivalently, it is a diffeomorphism which is also a group homomorphism. Observe that, by

780-404: A group with an uncountable number of elements that is not a Lie group under a certain topology. The group given by with a ∈ R ∖ Q {\displaystyle a\in \mathbb {R} \setminus \mathbb {Q} } a fixed irrational number , is a subgroup of the torus T 2 {\displaystyle \mathbb {T} ^{2}} that is not

858-399: A manifold places strong constraints on its geometry and facilitates analysis on the manifold. Linear actions of Lie groups are especially important, and are studied in representation theory . In the 1940s–1950s, Ellis Kolchin , Armand Borel , and Claude Chevalley realised that many foundational results concerning Lie groups can be developed completely algebraically, giving rise to

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936-798: A natural model for the concept of continuous symmetry , a celebrated example of which is the circle group . Rotating a circle is an example of a continuous symmetry. For any rotation of the circle, there exists the same symmetry, and concatenation of such rotations makes them into the circle group, an archetypal example of a Lie group. Lie groups are widely used in many parts of modern mathematics and physics . Lie groups were first found by studying matrix subgroups G {\displaystyle G} contained in GL n ( R ) {\displaystyle {\text{GL}}_{n}(\mathbb {R} )} or GL n ( C ) {\displaystyle {\text{GL}}_{n}(\mathbb {C} )} ,

1014-403: A symmetric multilinear functional on ∏ 1 k g {\textstyle \prod _{1}^{k}{\mathfrak {g}}} (see the ring of polynomial functions ), let be the (scalar-valued) 2 k -form on P given by where v i are tangent vectors to P , ϵ σ {\displaystyle \epsilon _{\sigma }} is the sign of

1092-437: Is Lie's third theorem , which states that every finite-dimensional, real Lie algebra is the Lie algebra of some (linear) Lie group. One way to prove Lie's third theorem is to use Ado's theorem , which says every finite-dimensional real Lie algebra is isomorphic to a matrix Lie algebra. Meanwhile, for every finite-dimensional matrix Lie algebra, there is a linear group (matrix Lie group) with this algebra as its Lie algebra. On

1170-462: Is a closed form , it descends to a unique form on M and that the de Rham cohomology class of the form is independent of ω {\displaystyle \omega } . First, that f ( Ω ) {\displaystyle f(\Omega )} is a closed form follows from the next two lemmas: Indeed, Bianchi's second identity says D Ω = 0 {\displaystyle D\Omega =0} and, since D

1248-446: Is a group that is also a finite-dimensional real smooth manifold , in which the group operations of multiplication and inversion are smooth maps . Smoothness of the group multiplication means that μ is a smooth mapping of the product manifold G × G into G . The two requirements can be combined to the single requirement that the mapping be a smooth mapping of the product manifold into G . We now present an example of

1326-415: Is a graded derivation, D f ( Ω ) = 0. {\displaystyle Df(\Omega )=0.} Finally, Lemma 1 says f ( Ω ) {\displaystyle f(\Omega )} satisfies the hypothesis of Lemma 2. To see Lemma 2, let π : P → M {\displaystyle \pi \colon P\to M} be the projection and h be

1404-457: Is a topological manifold with continuous group operations, then there exists exactly one analytic structure on G which turns it into a Lie group (see also Hilbert–Smith conjecture ). If the underlying manifold is allowed to be infinite-dimensional (for example, a Hilbert manifold ), then one arrives at the notion of an infinite-dimensional Lie group. It is possible to define analogues of many Lie groups over finite fields , and these give most of

1482-463: Is again a homomorphism, and the class of all Lie groups, together with these morphisms, forms a category . Moreover, every Lie group homomorphism induces a homomorphism between the corresponding Lie algebras. Let ϕ : G → H {\displaystyle \phi \colon G\to H} be a Lie group homomorphism and let ϕ ∗ {\displaystyle \phi _{*}} be its derivative at

1560-769: Is because R g ∗ Ω = Ad g − 1 ⁡ Ω {\displaystyle R_{g}^{*}\Omega =\operatorname {Ad} _{g^{-1}}\Omega } and f is invariant. Thus, one can define f ¯ ( Ω ) {\displaystyle {\overline {f}}(\Omega )} by the formula: where v i {\displaystyle v_{i}} are any lifts of v i ¯ {\displaystyle {\overline {v_{i}}}} : d π ( v i ) = v ¯ i {\displaystyle d\pi (v_{i})={\overline {v}}_{i}} . Next, we show that

1638-466: Is defined as the length of the shortest path in the group H {\displaystyle H} joining h 1 {\displaystyle h_{1}} to h 2 {\displaystyle h_{2}} . In this topology, H {\displaystyle H} is identified homeomorphically with the real line by identifying each element with the number θ {\displaystyle \theta } in

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1716-805: Is rightfully recognized as the creator of the theory of continuous groups, a major stride in the development of their structure theory, which was to have a profound influence on subsequent development of mathematics, was made by Wilhelm Killing , who in 1888 published the first paper in a series entitled Die Zusammensetzung der stetigen endlichen Transformationsgruppen ( The composition of continuous finite transformation groups ). The work of Killing, later refined and generalized by Élie Cartan , led to classification of semisimple Lie algebras , Cartan's theory of symmetric spaces , and Hermann Weyl 's description of representations of compact and semisimple Lie groups using highest weights . In 1900 David Hilbert challenged Lie theorists with his Fifth Problem presented at

1794-480: Is the descendent of the curvature form on the frame bundle of E ). The Chern–Weil homomorphism is the same if one uses this Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } . Now, suppose E is a direct sum of vector bundles E i {\displaystyle E_{i}} 's and Ω i {\displaystyle \Omega _{i}} the curvature form of E i {\displaystyle E_{i}} so that, in

1872-411: Is the factorization of the polynomial in t : where λ j {\displaystyle \lambda _{j}} are in R (they are sometimes called Chern roots.) Then ch ⁡ ( E ) = e λ j {\displaystyle \operatorname {ch} (E)=e^{\lambda _{j}}} . If E is a smooth real vector bundle on a manifold M , then

1950-463: Is the image of this polynomial; that is, Directly from the definition, one can show that c j {\displaystyle c_{j}} and c given above satisfy the axioms of Chern classes. For example, for the Whitney sum formula, we consider where we wrote Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } for the curvature 2-form on M of the vector bundle E (so it

2028-426: Is the square root of -1. Then f k {\displaystyle f_{k}} are invariant polynomials on g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} , since the left-hand side of the equation is. The k -th Chern class of a smooth complex-vector bundle E of rank n on a manifold M : is given as the image of f k {\displaystyle f_{k}} under

2106-512: Is to replace the global object, the group, with its local or linearized version, which Lie himself called its "infinitesimal group" and which has since become known as its Lie algebra . Lie groups play an enormous role in modern geometry , on several different levels. Felix Klein argued in his Erlangen program that one can consider various "geometries" by specifying an appropriate transformation group that leaves certain geometric properties invariant . Thus Euclidean geometry corresponds to

2184-592: The Chern character of E is given by where Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } is the curvature form of some connection on E (since Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } is nilpotent, it is a polynomial in Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } .) Then ch is a ring homomorphism : Now suppose, in some ring R containing the cohomology ring H ∗ ( M , C ) {\displaystyle H^{*}(M,\mathbb {C} )} , there

2262-647: The Chern–Weil homomorphism , where on the right cohomology is de Rham cohomology . This homomorphism is obtained by taking invariant polynomials in the curvature of any connection on the given bundle. If G is either compact or semi-simple, then the cohomology ring of the classifying space for G -bundles, B G {\displaystyle BG} , is isomorphic to the algebra C [ g ] G {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} [{\mathfrak {g}}]^{G}} of invariant polynomials: (The cohomology ring of BG can still be given in

2340-568: The International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris. Weyl brought the early period of the development of the theory of Lie groups to fruition, for not only did he classify irreducible representations of semisimple Lie groups and connect the theory of groups with quantum mechanics, but he also put Lie's theory itself on firmer footing by clearly enunciating the distinction between Lie's infinitesimal groups (i.e., Lie algebras) and

2418-508: The adjoint action of G ; that is, the subalgebra consisting of all polynomials f such that f ( Ad g ⁡ x ) = f ( x ) {\displaystyle f(\operatorname {Ad} _{g}x)=f(x)} , for all g in G and x in g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} , Given a principal G-bundle P on M , there is an associated homomorphism of C {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} } -algebras, called

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2496-500: The exterior covariant derivative of ω. If f ∈ C [ g ] G {\displaystyle f\in \mathbb {C} [{\mathfrak {g}}]^{G}} is a homogeneous polynomial function of degree  k ; i.e., f ( a x ) = a k f ( x ) {\displaystyle f(ax)=a^{k}f(x)} for any complex number a and x in g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} , then, viewing f as

2574-428: The groups of n × n {\displaystyle n\times n} invertible matrices over R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } or C {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} } . These are now called the classical groups , as the concept has been extended far beyond these origins. Lie groups are named after Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie (1842–1899), who laid

2652-500: The k -th Pontrjagin class of E is given as: where we wrote E ⊗ C {\displaystyle E\otimes \mathbb {C} } for the complexification of E . Equivalently, it is the image under the Chern–Weil homomorphism of the invariant polynomial g 2 k {\displaystyle g_{2k}} on g l n ( R ) {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {gl}}_{n}(\mathbb {R} )} given by: Let E be

2730-453: The Chern–Weil homomorphism defined by E (or more precisely the frame bundle of E ). If t = 1, then det ( I − x 2 π i ) = 1 + f 1 ( x ) + ⋯ + f n ( x ) {\displaystyle \det \left(I-{x \over 2\pi i}\right)=1+f_{1}(x)+\cdots +f_{n}(x)} is an invariant polynomial. The total Chern class of E

2808-422: The Lie groups proper, and began investigations of topology of Lie groups. The theory of Lie groups was systematically reworked in modern mathematical language in a monograph by Claude Chevalley . Lie groups are smooth differentiable manifolds and as such can be studied using differential calculus , in contrast with the case of more general topological groups . One of the key ideas in the theory of Lie groups

2886-441: The above, a continuous homomorphism from a Lie group G {\displaystyle G} to a Lie group H {\displaystyle H} is an isomorphism of Lie groups if and only if it is bijective. Isomorphic Lie groups necessarily have isomorphic Lie algebras; it is then reasonable to ask how isomorphism classes of Lie groups relate to isomorphism classes of Lie algebras. The first result in this direction

2964-413: The abstract definition we give a few examples: The concrete definition given above for matrix groups is easy to work with, but has some minor problems: to use it we first need to represent a Lie group as a group of matrices, but not all Lie groups can be represented in this way, and it is not even obvious that the Lie algebra is independent of the representation we use. To get around these problems we give

3042-418: The abstract sense, for instance multiplication and the taking of inverses (division), or equivalently, the concept of addition and the taking of inverses (subtraction). Combining these two ideas, one obtains a continuous group where multiplying points and their inverses is continuous. If the multiplication and taking of inverses are smooth (differentiable) as well, one obtains a Lie group. Lie groups provide

3120-505: The axioms of a Lie bracket , and it is equal to twice the one defined through left-invariant vector fields. If G and H are Lie groups, then a Lie group homomorphism f  : G → H is a smooth group homomorphism . In the case of complex Lie groups, such a homomorphism is required to be a holomorphic map . However, these requirements are a bit stringent; every continuous homomorphism between real Lie groups turns out to be (real) analytic . The composition of two Lie homomorphisms

3198-491: The category of smooth manifolds with a further requirement. A Lie group can be defined as a ( Hausdorff ) topological group that, near the identity element, looks like a transformation group, with no reference to differentiable manifolds. First, we define an immersely linear Lie group to be a subgroup G of the general linear group GL ⁡ ( n , C ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {GL} (n,\mathbb {C} )} such that (For example,

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3276-456: The choice of the group E(3) of distance-preserving transformations of the Euclidean space R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} , conformal geometry corresponds to enlarging the group to the conformal group , whereas in projective geometry one is interested in the properties invariant under the projective group . This idea later led to the notion of

3354-527: The corresponding problem for the Lie algebras, and the result for groups then usually follows easily. For example, simple Lie groups are usually classified by first classifying the corresponding Lie algebras. We could also define a Lie algebra structure on T e using right invariant vector fields instead of left invariant vector fields. This leads to the same Lie algebra, because the inverse map on G can be used to identify left invariant vector fields with right invariant vector fields, and acts as −1 on

3432-399: The curvature forms of ω ′ , ω 0 , ω 1 {\displaystyle \omega ',\omega _{0},\omega _{1}} . Let i s : M → M × R , x ↦ ( x , s ) {\displaystyle i_{s}:M\to M\times \mathbb {R} ,\,x\mapsto (x,s)} be

3510-501: The de Rham cohomology class of f ¯ ( Ω ) {\displaystyle {\overline {f}}(\Omega )} on M is independent of a choice of connection. Let ω 0 , ω 1 {\displaystyle \omega _{0},\omega _{1}} be arbitrary connection forms on P and let p : P × R → P {\displaystyle p\colon P\times \mathbb {R} \to P} be

3588-439: The de Rham sense: when B G = lim → ⁡ B j G {\displaystyle BG=\varinjlim B_{j}G} and B j G {\displaystyle B_{j}G} are manifolds.) Choose any connection form ω in P , and let Ω be the associated curvature form ; i.e., Ω = D ω {\displaystyle \Omega =D\omega } ,

3666-524: The definition of H {\displaystyle H} . With this topology, H {\displaystyle H} is just the group of real numbers under addition and is therefore a Lie group. The group H {\displaystyle H} is an example of a " Lie subgroup " of a Lie group that is not closed. See the discussion below of Lie subgroups in the section on basic concepts. Let G L ( n , C ) {\displaystyle GL(n,\mathbb {C} )} denote

3744-586: The definition of the Lie algebra and the exponential map. The following are standard examples of matrix Lie groups. All of the preceding examples fall under the heading of the classical groups . A complex Lie group is defined in the same way using complex manifolds rather than real ones (example: SL ⁡ ( 2 , C ) {\displaystyle \operatorname {SL} (2,\mathbb {C} )} ), and holomorphic maps. Similarly, using an alternate metric completion of Q {\displaystyle \mathbb {Q} } , one can define

3822-471: The equations of classical mechanics . Much of Jacobi's work was published posthumously in the 1860s, generating enormous interest in France and Germany. Lie's idée fixe was to develop a theory of symmetries of differential equations that would accomplish for them what Évariste Galois had done for algebraic equations: namely, to classify them in terms of group theory. Lie and other mathematicians showed that

3900-438: The examples of finite simple groups . The language of category theory provides a concise definition for Lie groups: a Lie group is a group object in the category of smooth manifolds. This is important, because it allows generalization of the notion of a Lie group to Lie supergroups . This categorical point of view leads also to a different generalization of Lie groups, namely Lie groupoids , which are groupoid objects in

3978-515: The foundations of the theory of continuous transformation groups . Lie's original motivation for introducing Lie groups was to model the continuous symmetries of differential equations , in much the same way that finite groups are used in Galois theory to model the discrete symmetries of algebraic equations . Sophus Lie considered the winter of 1873–1874 as the birth date of his theory of continuous groups. Thomas Hawkins, however, suggests that it

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4056-457: The general definition of the Lie algebra of a Lie group (in 4 steps): This Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} is finite-dimensional and it has the same dimension as the manifold G . The Lie algebra of G determines G up to "local isomorphism", where two Lie groups are called locally isomorphic if they look the same near the identity element. Problems about Lie groups are often solved by first solving

4134-442: The group law determines the geometry of the group. Lie groups occur in abundance throughout mathematics and physics. Matrix groups or algebraic groups are (roughly) groups of matrices (for example, orthogonal and symplectic groups ), and these give most of the more common examples of Lie groups. The only connected Lie groups with dimension one are the real line R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } (with

4212-625: The group of n × n {\displaystyle n\times n} invertible matrices with entries in C {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} } . Any closed subgroup of G L ( n , C ) {\displaystyle GL(n,\mathbb {C} )} is a Lie group; Lie groups of this sort are called matrix Lie groups. Since most of the interesting examples of Lie groups can be realized as matrix Lie groups, some textbooks restrict attention to this class, including those of Hall, Rossmann, and Stillwell. Restricting attention to matrix Lie groups simplifies

4290-797: The group operation being addition) and the circle group S 1 {\displaystyle S^{1}} of complex numbers with absolute value one (with the group operation being multiplication). The S 1 {\displaystyle S^{1}} group is often denoted as U ( 1 ) {\displaystyle U(1)} , the group of 1 × 1 {\displaystyle 1\times 1} unitary matrices. In two dimensions, if we restrict attention to simply connected groups, then they are classified by their Lie algebras. There are (up to isomorphism) only two Lie algebras of dimension two. The associated simply connected Lie groups are R 2 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{2}} (with

4368-467: The group operation being vector addition) and the affine group in dimension one, described in the previous subsection under "first examples". There are several standard ways to form new Lie groups from old ones: Some examples of groups that are not Lie groups (except in the trivial sense that any group having at most countably many elements can be viewed as a 0-dimensional Lie group, with the discrete topology ), are: To every Lie group we can associate

4446-474: The identity. If we identify the Lie algebras of G and H with their tangent spaces at the identity elements, then ϕ ∗ {\displaystyle \phi _{*}} is a map between the corresponding Lie algebras: which turns out to be a Lie algebra homomorphism (meaning that it is a linear map which preserves the Lie bracket ). In the language of category theory , we then have

4524-531: The inclusions. Then i 0 {\displaystyle i_{0}} is homotopic to i 1 {\displaystyle i_{1}} . Thus, i 0 ∗ f ¯ ( Ω ′ ) {\displaystyle i_{0}^{*}{\overline {f}}(\Omega ')} and i 1 ∗ f ¯ ( Ω ′ ) {\displaystyle i_{1}^{*}{\overline {f}}(\Omega ')} belong to

4602-674: The matrix term, Ω {\displaystyle \Omega } is the block diagonal matrix with Ω I 's on the diagonal. Then, since det ( I − t Ω 2 π i ) = det ( I − t Ω 1 2 π i ) ∧ ⋯ ∧ det ( I − t Ω m 2 π i ) {\textstyle \det(I-t{\frac {\Omega }{2\pi i}})=\det(I-t{\frac {\Omega _{1}}{2\pi i}})\wedge \dots \wedge \det(I-t{\frac {\Omega _{m}}{2\pi i}})} , we have: where on

4680-406: The most important equations for special functions and orthogonal polynomials tend to arise from group theoretical symmetries. In Lie's early work, the idea was to construct a theory of continuous groups , to complement the theory of discrete groups that had developed in the theory of modular forms , in the hands of Felix Klein and Henri Poincaré . The initial application that Lie had in mind

4758-459: The other hand, Lie groups with isomorphic Lie algebras need not be isomorphic. Furthermore, this result remains true even if we assume the groups are connected. To put it differently, the global structure of a Lie group is not determined by its Lie algebra; for example, if Z is any discrete subgroup of the center of G then G and G / Z have the same Lie algebra (see the table of Lie groups for examples). An example of importance in physics are

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4836-555: The permutation σ {\displaystyle \sigma } in the symmetric group on 2 k numbers S 2 k {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {S}}_{2k}} (see Lie algebra-valued forms#Operations as well as Pfaffian ). If, moreover, f is invariant; i.e., f ( Ad g ⁡ x ) = f ( x ) {\displaystyle f(\operatorname {Ad} _{g}x)=f(x)} , then one can show that f ( Ω ) {\displaystyle f(\Omega )}

4914-447: The projection of T u P {\displaystyle T_{u}P} onto the horizontal subspace. Then Lemma 2 is a consequence of the fact that d π ( h v ) = d π ( v ) {\displaystyle d\pi (hv)=d\pi (v)} (the kernel of d π {\displaystyle d\pi } is precisely the vertical subspace.) As for Lemma 1, first note which

4992-419: The projection. Put where t is a smooth function on P × R {\displaystyle P\times \mathbb {R} } given by ( x , s ) ↦ s {\displaystyle (x,s)\mapsto s} . Let Ω ′ , Ω 0 , Ω 1 {\displaystyle \Omega ',\Omega _{0},\Omega _{1}} be

5070-669: The right the multiplication is that of a cohomology ring: cup product . For the normalization property, one computes the first Chern class of the complex projective line ; see Chern class#Example: the complex tangent bundle of the Riemann sphere . Since Ω E ⊗ E ′ = Ω E ⊗ I E ′ + I E ⊗ Ω E ′ {\displaystyle \Omega _{E\otimes E'}=\Omega _{E}\otimes I_{E'}+I_{E}\otimes \Omega _{E'}} , we also have: Finally,

5148-454: The rotation group SO(3) (or its double cover SU(2) ), the special unitary group SU(3) and the Poincaré group . On a "global" level, whenever a Lie group acts on a geometric object, such as a Riemannian or a symplectic manifold , this action provides a measure of rigidity and yields a rich algebraic structure. The presence of continuous symmetries expressed via a Lie group action on

5226-438: The same argument works if we used R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } instead of C {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} } ). Let C [ g ] G {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} [{\mathfrak {g}}]^{G}} be the subalgebra of fixed points in C [ g ] {\displaystyle \mathbb {C} [{\mathfrak {g}}]} under

5304-648: The same cohomology class. The construction thus gives the linear map: (cf. Lemma 1) In fact, one can check that the map thus obtained: is an algebra homomorphism . Let G = GL n ⁡ ( C ) {\displaystyle G=\operatorname {GL} _{n}(\mathbb {C} )} and g = g l n ( C ) {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}={\mathfrak {gl}}_{n}(\mathbb {C} )} its Lie algebra. For each x in g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} , we can consider its characteristic polynomial in t : where i

5382-481: The same de Rham cohomology class by the homotopy invariance of de Rham cohomology . Finally, by naturality and by uniqueness of descending, and the same for Ω 1 {\displaystyle \Omega _{1}} . Hence, f ¯ ( Ω 0 ) , f ¯ ( Ω 1 ) {\displaystyle {\overline {f}}(\Omega _{0}),{\overline {f}}(\Omega _{1})} belong to

5460-518: The subject. There is a differential Galois theory , but it was developed by others, such as Picard and Vessiot, and it provides a theory of quadratures , the indefinite integrals required to express solutions. Additional impetus to consider continuous groups came from ideas of Bernhard Riemann , on the foundations of geometry, and their further development in the hands of Klein. Thus three major themes in 19th century mathematics were combined by Lie in creating his new theory: Although today Sophus Lie

5538-497: The subsequent two years. Lie stated that all of the principal results were obtained by 1884. But during the 1870s all his papers (except the very first note) were published in Norwegian journals, which impeded recognition of the work throughout the rest of Europe. In 1884 a young German mathematician, Friedrich Engel , came to work with Lie on a systematic treatise to expose his theory of continuous groups. From this effort resulted

5616-401: The tangent space T e . The Lie algebra structure on T e can also be described as follows: the commutator operation on G × G sends ( e ,  e ) to e , so its derivative yields a bilinear operation on T e G . This bilinear operation is actually the zero map, but the second derivative, under the proper identification of tangent spaces, yields an operation that satisfies

5694-510: The theory of algebraic groups defined over an arbitrary field . This insight opened new possibilities in pure algebra, by providing a uniform construction for most finite simple groups , as well as in algebraic geometry . The theory of automorphic forms , an important branch of modern number theory , deals extensively with analogues of Lie groups over adele rings ; p -adic Lie groups play an important role, via their connections with Galois representations in number theory. A real Lie group

5772-512: The three-volume Theorie der Transformationsgruppen , published in 1888, 1890, and 1893. The term groupes de Lie first appeared in French in 1893 in the thesis of Lie's student Arthur Tresse. Lie's ideas did not stand in isolation from the rest of mathematics. In fact, his interest in the geometry of differential equations was first motivated by the work of Carl Gustav Jacobi , on the theory of partial differential equations of first order and on

5850-418: The topological definition is equivalent to the usual one is technical (and the beginning readers should skip the following) but is done roughly as follows: The topological definition implies the statement that if two Lie groups are isomorphic as topological groups, then they are isomorphic as Lie groups. In fact, it states the general principle that, to a large extent, the topology of a Lie group together with

5928-476: The torus without ever reaching a previous point of the spiral and thus forms a dense subgroup of T 2 {\displaystyle \mathbb {T} ^{2}} . The group H {\displaystyle H} can, however, be given a different topology, in which the distance between two points h 1 , h 2 ∈ H {\displaystyle h_{1},h_{2}\in H}

6006-453: Was "Lie's prodigious research activity during the four-year period from the fall of 1869 to the fall of 1873" that led to the theory's creation. Some of Lie's early ideas were developed in close collaboration with Felix Klein . Lie met with Klein every day from October 1869 through 1872: in Berlin from the end of October 1869 to the end of February 1870, and in Paris, Göttingen and Erlangen in

6084-434: Was to the theory of differential equations . On the model of Galois theory and polynomial equations , the driving conception was of a theory capable of unifying, by the study of symmetry , the whole area of ordinary differential equations . However, the hope that Lie theory would unify the entire field of ordinary differential equations was not fulfilled. Symmetry methods for ODEs continue to be studied, but do not dominate

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