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Finding $U,V$ in Thompson's Formula
Thompson's formula says, given $A,B \in \mathfrak{su}(n)$, there exists $U,V \in SU(n)$ such that:
$e^{A}e^{B}=e^{UAU^{\dagger} + VBV^{\dagger}}$
Given $a,b \in \mathfrak{su}(4)$ defined by:
$a=J_x ...
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Significance of half sum of non-simple positive roots
In representation theory, there are plenty of places that a $\rho$-shift makes an appearance, where $\rho$ is the half sum of positive roots. See, for instance, this post for some discussions of the ...
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Branching rules for E6 into SU(3)^3
I am very confused about what are the branching rules for representations of $E6$ into a $SU(3)\times SU(3)\times SU(3)$ subgroup. At least in the physics literature, there seems to be a serious ...
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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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Modular $S$-matrix for an extended affine Lie algebra
This is a refinement of this old question of mine. In order to find an answer, I've been working my way through q-alg/9511026, which contains all the information I need.
In this paper, the authors ...
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Casimir operators of a given Lie Algebra
I am a Physicist, so let me apologize in advance for some possible imprecisions.
I'm working on a 10-dimensional Lie Algebra. Each element of the algebra represents a quantum mechanical operator, and ...
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First Variation of Dyson Series/Magnus Expansion
Given the matrix differential equation $\frac{dU_t}{dt}=A_t U_t$ there are at least two ways to write a formal solution. Both the Dyson series: $U_t = \mathcal{T} e^{\int_{0}^{t} A_t dt}$ and the ...
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The condition of maximality in branching rules of $SO$ group representations
Let the highest weight of a $SO(2n+1)$ representation be given as $(m_1,m_2,...,m_n)$ ($m_1\geq m_2 \geq .. \geq m_n \geq 0$) and the highest weight of a $SO(2n)$ representation be $(s_1,s_2,...,s_n)$ ...
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Can a maximal rank subgroup of a simply connected Lie group have simply connected factors?
$\DeclareMathOperator\SU{SU}\DeclareMathOperator\rank{rank}$Take a simply connected Lie group $G$ such as $\SU(N)$ and a maximal rank subgroup $H$, i.e. $\rank(G) = \rank(H)$. Assume that $H$ takes ...
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Solving $T^2 = -\kappa\, \mathrm{Tr}\, (\log(e^{i T \hat{H}_0} \hat{O}) )^2$ equation
Is there a way to solve the equation: $T^2 = -\kappa\, \mathrm{Tr}\, (\log(e^{i T \hat{H}_0} \hat{O}) )^2$ for $T$?
Here $\kappa$ is an arbitrary positive constant, $\hat{H}_0 \in \mathfrak{su}(N)$ ...
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