Questions tagged [lie-groups]
Lie Groups are Groups that are additionally smooth manifolds such that the multiplication and the inverse maps are smooth.
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Normalizers of subsystem subgroups of Lie groups
Let $G$ be a semisimple complex Lie group, and let $H$ be a subgroup corresponding to a subset of the extended Dynkin diagram of $G$ (à la Borel - de Siebenthal). I would like to know if there is a ...
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Flat solvmanifolds?
I am trying to look for some reference for solvmanifolds and come up with a paper by A. Morgan tilted "The classification of flat solvmanifolds". I know there is a complete classification of flat ...
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Examples of group $G=N \rtimes H$ where $N$ and $H$ are as below
I am searching for examples of connected locally compact group $G = N \rtimes H$, where $N$ is a simply connected nilpotent non-abelian Lie group, $H$ is linear reductive and $H$ operates on $N$ ...
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Relative weight lattice
Let $G$ be a reductive group over an algebraically closed field $k$. Let $T$ be a maximal torus, $B$ be a Borel subgroup and $I_G$ is the set of simple roots. Let $P$ be a standard parabolic subgroup, ...
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Invariants of the group $SO(2)$
Let $V_d$ be the complex vector space of binary forms of degree $d$ endowed with the natural
action of the special orthogonal group $SO(2).$ Consider the corresponding action of the
group $SO(2)$ on ...
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Homotopy type of $SO(4)/SO(2)$
A classical result states that the quotient $SO(4)/SO(3)$ is homotopy equivalent to $S^3$. In fact, this can be stated in more general terms since $SO(n+1)/SO(n)$ has the homotopy type of $S^n$. What ...
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Finite subgroups of $PSU(3)$
I'm looking for a reference to a classification or description of finite subgroups of $SU(3)$ that contain the center, or equivalently $PSU(3)$. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Finite-dimensional graded Lie algebras with $2$ generators
Does anyone know of a classification of those (complex) Lie algebras which are:
generated by two elements
$\mathbb{Z}$-graded Lie algebras
finite dimensional
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Irreducibility of Gelfand-Serganova strata
To keep the notations simple I'll restrict my attention to the complete flag variety although the question should be equally valid for partial flag varieties. Consider $G=SL_n(\mathbb C)$ with Borel $...
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Intrepreting Spin(3) as a certain configuration space
Let $\mathcal{C}$ denote the space of great circles in $\mathbb{S}^2\subset \mathbb{R}^3$. It's pretty easy to see that any element $\mathcal{C}$ can be identified uniquely with the axial line (in $\...
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Stabilizer of Sp(n) and U(n) in GL(n)
I would be very grateful for a reference
to the following results (which are, I think, true,
though I never saw it in the literature).
Let $G\subset GL(n,{\Bbb C})$ be $U(n)$,
abd $A\in GL(2n,{\Bbb ...
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The de Rham complex of the octonionic projective spaces
The complex projective space $\mathbb{CP}^n$ is a complex manifold, and hence its de Rham complex carries a representation of the complex numbers in the form of its complex structure. The quaternionic ...
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Vector-valued forms in Riemannian geometry
Suppose $(M,g)$ is a Riemannian manifold. I want to find a vector-valued $2-$form
$T$ such that, for any vector fields $X,Y,Z$ on $M$,
$$
g(T(X,Y),Z)=g(T(Z,X),Y)\,.
$$
As a motivation, consider the ...
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Which representations of the Lie algebra of a Lie group come from representations of the group itself?
I think this is very classic mathematics, but I can't find a complete answer in the literature.
Let $G$ be a Lie group, $\mathfrak{g}$ the Lie algebra of $\mathfrak{g}$. Suppose $\rho : \mathfrak{g} \...
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Maximally symmetric affine manifold
As a physicist who knows (something) about General Relativity, I'm accustomed to the term "maximally symmetric space" being an $n$-dimensional manifold with $\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$ Killing vectors. A ...
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Integration of Maurer-Cartan form
Let $G$ be a Lie group with Lie algebra $g$. As it is well known the Maurer-Cartan form $ω:TG\rightarrow g$ transports any vector $X\in T_{x}G$ to the start $l_{x^{-1}*}(X)\in g$, $l_{x^{-1}}$ ...
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Integral of product of Schur functions
Schur functions are irreducible characters of the unitary group $\mathcal{U}(N)$. This implies the integration formulae
$$ \int_{\mathcal{U}(N)}s_\lambda(AUA^\dagger U^\dagger)dU=\frac{|s_\lambda(A)|^...
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Hyperbolic $3$-manifold groups that embed in compact Lie groups
Is there a closed hyperbolic $3$-manifold whose fundamental group is isomorphic to a subgroup of some compact Lie group?
It is known that every surface group can be embedded into any semisimple ...
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Classification of compact connected abelian groups
It is known that torsion-free compact abelian groups are exactly the product of the maximal solenoid group $\Sigma_{(2,3,\cdots)}$ (which is the Pontryagin dual of the additive group $\mathbb{Q}$ of ...
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Spin groups in terms of matrices and/or linear operators
Thus far, the books and articles I have read dealing with spin groups $\mathbf{Spin}(n)$ and $\mathbf{Spin}(p,q)$ consider them only in terms of either Clifford algebras or topologically as the double ...
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$G(k)/H(k)$ as a submanifold of $G/H(k)$
Let $k$ be a local field (if necessary, assume characteristic zero). In general, if $X$ is a smooth variety of finite type over $k$ of dimension $n$, then the set of $k$-rational points $X(k)$ is an ...
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The Hausdorff dimension of the union of singular orbits and exceptional orbits
Suppose we have a compact connected Lie group $G$ acting as isometries on a compact manifold $M^n.$ Then is it necessarily true that the Hausdorff dimension of the union of singular and exceptional ...
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Lie group actions on $S^n$ with some invariant hypersphere but no totally geodesic ones
Does there exist a compact connected Lie group $G$ acting smoothly as isometries on the standard sphere $S^n$ for some $n\ge 3$, so that no totally geodesic hypersphere $S^{n-1}$ is $G$-invariant, but ...
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Interesting Subgroups of $SU(2^n)$
I'm a physicist, so please forgive me if this question is wrong or simplistic, but are there any subgroups of $SU(2^n)$ which are isomorphic to $SU(k)$ for some $k \geq 2$, which do not have a non-...
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Fundamental representations and weight space dimension
For the Lie algebra $\frak{sl}_n$, its fundamental representations can be realised as the exterior powers of the first fundamental representation. From this we can see that their weight spaces are all ...
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Chern-Simons theory with non-compact gauge groups G
This is related to a previous question, where a nonlinear σ model (NLSM) describes a scalar field Σ which takes on values in a nonlinear manifold called the target manifold T. There we ask the general ...
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Littlewood Richardson Rule for general linear group over finite field
I just finished reading Green's 1955 paper on characters of general linear groups and have also been reading Macdonald's Symmetric Functions and Hall Polynomials. I see that there is a recursive ...
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Defining a notion of “volume of its lattice” for non-rational subspaces
Let $V\subseteq \Bbb R^n$ be a vector subspace. If $V$ is rational, i.e. has a basis consisting of elements in $\Bbb Z^n$, then there’s a well-defined notion of the “volume of the lattice of V”:
$$\...
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Nonlinear sigma models with non-compact groups / target spaces
A nonlinear σ model (NLSM) describes a scalar field Σ which takes on values in a nonlinear manifold called the target manifold T.
The target manifold T is equipped with a Riemannian metric g. Σ is ...
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When is G->G/H a trivial bundle
Suppose that $H\subseteq G$ are connected lie groups. Then $G\mapsto G/H$ is a principal $H$-bundle. I would like to know if there is some non-tautological characterization of when this is a trivial ...
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Second Betti number of lattices in $\mathrm{SL}_3(\mathbf{R})$
We fix $G=\mathrm{SL}_3(\mathbf{R})$.
Let $\Gamma$ be a torsion-free cocompact lattice in $G$. Is $b_2(\Gamma)=0$?
Here the second Betti number $b_2(\Gamma)$ is both the dimension of the ...
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Classification of Euclidian-like Klein geometries in spirit of Erlangen program
All we know about Erlangen Program approach to geometry. The main idea is to consider Lie Group $G$ acting transitively on smooth manifold $M$ (e.g. nLab). I really like such style of thinking, but ...
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Differential operators on $G/K$
Let $G$ be a connected Lie group and $K$ a compact subgroug of $G$. The question is about the algebra of the differential operators $Diff(G/K)$ on $G/K.$ Let $U(\mathfrak g)$ denote the universal ...
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What kind of locally symmetric space is a rational sphere
Using Dehn Surgery, we can construct compact hyperbolic $3$-manifolds with vanishing Betti numbers $b_1=b_2=0$, i.e., a rational homology $3$-sphere.
My question is the following.
Is there other ...
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Principal curvatures of $\mathbb{R}^{n^2}$-embedded SO(n)
It's well known that the sectional curvatures of a Lie group, endowed with a left-invariant metric have a nice closed-form formula $k(X,Y) = \frac{1}{4} \|[X Y]\|^2$.
I'm wondering if the following (...
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A lie group which is sat in its Lie algebra
Motivated by this question we ask the follwing question:
Assume that a Lie subgroup $G$ of $Gl(n,\mathbb{R})$ is contained in a subvector space $F$ of $M_n(\mathbb{R})$ such that $dim G=...
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Probability of satisfying a word in a compact group
This question is inspired by Probability of commutation in a compact group, which asked whether $P(xyx^{-1}y^{-1} = 1)$ could take values strictly between $0$ and $1$ on a compact connected group. ...
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Maps from 2-Torus to SO(3)
Could someone please point me to a reference for topologically nontrivial maps from 2-Torus to SO(3), and how they are classified? [I'm a physicist, so a simple explanation would be useful]
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Generalizing Polar Decomposition of Matrices
I am trying to find a certain proof of polar decomposition of complex matrices which I think should exist more generally for a certain class of Lie groups. Recall that the polar decomposition of a ...
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Bézout and products in algebraic groups
Let $G$ be a linear algebraic group -- be it a Lie group or a group of Lie type. Let $V$, $W$ be subvarieties of $G$. Of course, $V\cap W$ is also a variety (not necessarily irreducible) and $V\cdot W^...
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Localizing a Clebsch-Gordan expansion around one representation
For the Lie group $\mathrm{SU}(2)$ the irreducible representations $\pi_m$ are labelled by non-negative integers $m$ and have dimension $(m+1)$. By the Peter-Weyl theorem, they form a basis for $L^2(\...
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Probability of commutation in a compact group
It is well known that if $G$ is a finite group, then the probability that two elements commutte is either $1$ (if $G$ is abelian) or less than or equal to $\frac58$.
If instead $K$ is a compact group,...
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Does Deligne's exceptional series lead to an “exceptional K-theory”?
To a certain extent, Deligne's exceptional series $A_1 \subset A_2 \subset G_2 \subset D_4 \subset F_4 \subset E_6 \subset E_7 \subset E_8$ plays a role analogous to the classical series $A_n \subset ...
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Simple Lie algebras: making subspaces 'very transversal'
Let $G$ be a Lie group or group of Lie type whose Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ is simple. Because the Lie algebra is simple, for any proper subspace $V\subset \mathfrak{g}$,
there is a $g\in G$ such ...
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tensor product of massless Poincare representations
Consider two massless representations of the connected Poincare group $ISO_0(1,3)$ with helicities $s$ and $t$. What is the decomposition of their tensor product into irreducibles?
Massless ...
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Central extensions of loop groups
Let $LG=\operatorname{Maps}(S^1,G)$ be the loop group of a compact Lie group $G$. I should add some adjectives to $G$, but for sake of simplicity let's just take $G=SU(2)$.
There is a central ...
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Milnor Conjecture on Lie groups for Morava K-theory
A conjecture by Milnor state that if $G$ is a Lie group, then the map $B(G^{disc})\to BG$ sending the classifying space of $G$ endowed with the discrete topology to the classifying space of the ...
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Differential operators on a compact Lie group associated to bracket-generating sets
Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group of dimension $m$ with Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$.
Let $\{X_1,\dots,X_h\}$ be a linearly independent set of $\mathfrak g$.
Assume that $\{X_1,\dots,X_h\}$ is ...
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Relating bordism groups of $\Omega_{d}^{Spin_c}$ and $\Omega_{d}^{(Spin \times SU(N))/\mathbb{Z}_2}$ to that of $U(N)$
I felt that the earlier question may be too challenging, so let me provide a different angle and more infos to tackle an easier and separate problem.
Let us consider a more explicit a short exact ...
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Bordism groups and a short exact sequence
Let us consider a short exact sequence:
$$
1\to N\to G\to Q \to 1,
$$
where $N$, $Q$, and $G$ can be continuous Lie groups in general (or finite groups).
Suppose I have the data and the computations ...
