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Gelfand-Naimark and Peter-Weyl for the unitary group

Consider the compact Lie groups $U(l)$ (the unitary group) and $U(1) \times SU(l)$ for some natural number $l$. Both the groups have the same Lie algebra $\frak{gl}_l$. Which means that they both have ...
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Describing compact Lie groups in purely topological terms

Compact Lie groups are a very special type of compact group, namely those which admit a differentiable structure. Is it possible to describe compact Lie groups in purely topological terms, that is, ...
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$p$-adic exponentials for $p$-adic Lie groups

Let $G$ be a $p$-adic Lie group, $\text{Lie}(G)$ its Lie algebra. Is there any reasonable notion of exponential map $\text{exp} : \text{Lie}(G)\to G$?
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