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Timeline for Describing $SU(n,C)$

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Feb 4, 2010 at 19:10 history edited Yemon Choi
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Feb 4, 2010 at 18:44 vote accept Mihail Matrix
Feb 4, 2010 at 18:11 answer added Tom Church timeline score: 3
Feb 4, 2010 at 10:42 comment added Yemon Choi Right, I misunderstood what "this family" was. See Thorny's answer below for the relevant details (I've definitely seen something like this for SO(n,R) in books on Lie groups, for instance).
Feb 4, 2010 at 10:40 comment added Mihail Matrix ... if it is known in books I'd be delighted with a reference.
Feb 4, 2010 at 10:39 comment added Mihail Matrix By differ I mean one is equal to the other multiplied by some element of $SU(n-1)$ (multiplication in the sense explained above).
Feb 4, 2010 at 10:34 comment added Yemon Choi I suspect this is known and in books if it holds up - for a start, what do you mean by "differ"? Also, the statement in your third sentence is almost immediate from general geometric principles.
Feb 4, 2010 at 10:31 answer added Thorny timeline score: 4
Feb 4, 2010 at 10:15 history asked Mihail Matrix CC BY-SA 2.5