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Decomposition of $S^7=\operatorname{Spin}(7)/G_2$

$\DeclareMathOperator\Spin{Spin}$The seven-sphere can be written as the reductive space $S^7=\Spin(7)/G_2$. Has the decomposition $\Spin(7)=G_2\times S^7$ been calculated somewhere; maybe in terms of ...
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Reductive Lie groups and existence of maximal compact subgroup

I am reading Knapp's book "Lie groups beyond an introduction" (2nd edition). I am struggling to understand the following point. Recall that $G$ is a reductive Lie group. If the Lie algebra $\...
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Unitary representation with fixed Casimir

Let $G$ be a connected reductive real Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. We denote by $\widehat{G}_u$ the unitary dual, that is the set of isomorphism classes of unitary reprensentation of $G$....