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Why is the unipotent radical of a parabolic subgroup unimodular?
Let $G$ be a connected, reductive group defined over a local field $F$. Let $P$ be a parabolic subgroup of $G$ which is defined over $F$, and let $N = \mathscr R_u(P)$ be the unipotent radical of $P$....
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How to prove that Chevalley groups over $\mathbb R$ have no compact factors
I am trying to see why the Chevalley groups (not limited to the adjoint group) over $\mathbb R$ are without compact factors in order to use the Borel density theorem.
I've been told in another thread ...
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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, ...