Reference request for the list of maximal subgroups of SU(3,1) - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-06-19T19:38:36Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/102560 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/102560/reference-request-for-the-list-of-maximal-subgroups-of-su3-1 Reference request for the list of maximal subgroups of SU(3,1) Matheus 2012-07-18T16:41:55Z 2012-11-06T13:03:41Z <p>Is there a reference with the list of maximal subgroups of SU(p,q) for "small" values of p and q? (such as SU(3,1) as suggested in the title of the question)</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/102560/reference-request-for-the-list-of-maximal-subgroups-of-su3-1/111532#111532 Answer by Francois Ziegler for Reference request for the list of maximal subgroups of SU(3,1) Francois Ziegler 2012-11-05T07:44:02Z 2012-11-06T13:03:41Z <p>Mohamed Selim Taufik, <a href="http://ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=910539" rel="nofollow">On maximal subalgebras in classical real Lie algebras</a>: "This paper is concerned with the classification of irreducible maximal subalgebras of the classical real Lie algebras su(p,q), sv(p,q) and si(p,q). We use the results of E. B. Dynkin, who classified the maximal subalgebras of the classical Lie algebras in the complex case. (...)"</p> <p>Boris P. Komrakov <a href="http://ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=1075677" rel="nofollow">Maximal subalgebras of real Lie algebras and a problem of Sophus Lie</a>: "A classification of the maximal proper subalgebras of the simple real finite-dimensional Lie algebras is presented without proof. Contributions by A. A. Morozov, E. B. Dynkin, M. Berger and M. S. Taufik are mentioned."</p>