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| May 24, 2011 at 22:50 | comment | added | algori | Dear Jim -- thanks a lot! Borel and Tits indeed prove this for real semi-simple Lie groups whose Lie algebras are direct sums of absolutely simple (so e.g. $SL_2(\mathbb{C})$ viewed as a real simple group is out). I was wondering if there are counter-examples, if this condition is not satisfied. | |
| May 24, 2011 at 21:28 | history | answered | Jim Humphreys | CC BY-SA 3.0 |