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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minuscule representations and classical groups
Let $G$ a semisimple group over an algebraically closed field $k$.
We assume that $G$ is classical.
We call a $z$-extension, a group $\tilde{G}$ such that $\tilde{G}$ is a central extension of $G$ by ...
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Rep Theory Consequences of Bott--Weil--Borel
I've been getting interested in the (Bott--)Borel--Weil theorem lately. As a (mainly) geometer it is very interesting to see representation appearing (from nowhere as far as I can see) in the theory ...
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Group Representations and Holomorphic Vectors Bundles over Homogeneous Spaces (extending Borel--Weil)
For a flag manifold $F$ of a group $G$, the Borel--Weil theorem deals with representations of $G$ on the holomorphic sections of the line bundles over $F$.
Let us consider a general framework than ...
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Is a measurable homomorphism on a Lie group smooth?
Let $G$ be a Lie group, and let $\mathcal B(G)$ its Borel $\sigma$-algebra. Suppose that $f : G \to G$ is a Borel-measurable homomorphism. Is $f$ smooth?
Edit: My original question said "measurable ...
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Decomposition of Regular Representation of Non-compact Lie group
Let G be a non-compact Lie group, such as SL(n,R), GL(n,C).
How does the regular representation $L^2(G)$ decompose?
Is there an analogue of Peter-Weyl theorem?
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Extending a discrete sub group to a lattice in unimodular Lie groups
Given a unimodular Lie group $G$ and a discrete subgroup $\Gamma\subseteq G$, under what conditions does there exists a discrete subgroup $H$ s.t. $\Gamma\subseteq H$ and $G/H$ has finite volume? Also,...
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Nontrivial copies of SO(r) in SO(n)
If $G=SO(n)=SO(\mathbb R^n)$ and $r\leq n$, it is easy to find a closed subgroup $H\leq G$ that is isomorphic to $SO(r)$, just let $S\subseteq\mathbb R^n$ be an $r$-dimensional subspace and let $H=\{g\...
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Lie groups bundle
Given compact Lie groups $H \subset K \subset G$, there is a fiber bundle
$ \frac{K}{H} \rightarrow \frac{G}{H} \rightarrow \frac{G}{K}$.
Do you have a simple proof of this?
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Geometrizing the Third Cohomology of a Complex Lie Group
If $G_\mathbb{C}$ is a simply-connected simple complex Lie group, theorem 5.4.10 of Brylinski's "Loop Spaces, Characteristic Classes, and Geometric Quantization" claims that there is a natural $\...
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"geometric" description of the algebra of central functions on a Lie group
I am looking for a a description of the algebra of continuous central functions on a group, say a compact simple Lie group $G$, as the algebra of all continuous functions on a "nice" compact Hausdorff ...
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Dimension of Unipotent Radicals
A parabolic subgroup of a linear algebraic group $G$ defined over a field $k$ is a subgroup $P\subseteq G$, closed in the Zariski topology, for which the quotient space $G/P$ is a projective algebraic ...
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The normalizer a maximal compact subgroup of a semi-simple Lie group
Let $G$ be a semi-simple real Lie group such that $|\pi_0(G)|<\infty$ and let $K$ be a maximal compact subgroup of $G$.
Q1: How does one prove that $N_G(K)=K$?
So I know a nice (and low-tech) ...
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Representation of quotient group
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My question is about the relation between representations of a Lie group and its quotient.
Let $G$ be a compact lie group and $H$ a central subgroup of $G$. What is the relation between ...
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Lie group action with no slice
Let $x\in M$, $M$ - finite dimensional smooth manifold. Is there an example of a finite dimensional Lie group action on $M$ with no slice at $x$?
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Characters separating points on Maximal Torus modulo Weyl group?
Let G be a compact Lie group, for example, SU(n). Let T be its maximal torus. Let W be its Weyl group.
Every finite-dimensional representation of G has a character, which is a function on G, T and T/...
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Good book on representation theory of GL(n)
I am interested in a recommendation for a good book which discuses representation theory of GL(n)(say over field of complex numbers).
I know only a basic representation theory.
The question I am ...
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Representations of $GL(n)$ containing $S^kV$
Let $V$ be a vector space of dimension $n$.
Let $S^k V$ be a representation of $GL(n)$.
I would like to know if there exists some characterization of finite dimensional $GL(n)$ modules $V_1,V_2$ such ...
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Non-trivial representation of second-smallest dimension
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The complex simple algebraic group $Sp_{m,\mathbb{C}}$ of $2m$-dimensional space $V$ has, for $m≥2$, an irreducible representation of dimension $m(2m−1)−1$ in a subspace of codimension $1$ of the ...
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How to compute SE(2) group exponential and logarithm?
I want the rodrigues like formula using sin and cos , not a matrix series expansion.
I've found some references for se(n) , n > 3 in :
ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/papers/gallier/rodrig.pdf
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Are maximal connected semisimple subgroups automatically closed?
(Yet another question in a series demonstrating my rather embarrassing ignorance of standard Lie theory... I hope this is not too basic for MO!)
To be a little more precise: let $G$ be a real ...
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Lie subgroups of SU(4)
Other than subgroups of SU(3), what are the Lie subgroups of SU(4)? Assume that the subgroup is closed but not necessarily connected.
Additionally, which of these subgroups admit four dimensional ...
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Transitive action on the sphere
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One of the subgrouops of $SO(n)$ which acts transitively on the sphere $S^{n-1}$ is the (compact) symplectic group $Sp(n/4)$. The center of $Sp(m)$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}_2$. Can we embed ...
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center of the centralizer of semisimple element
Let $G$ be an adjoint group over an algebraically closed field $k$ and $s\in G$ a semisimple element.
Let $H=C_{G}(s)^{0}$ the neutral component of the centralizer of $s$. Do we have that the center ...
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Orbits of Product Lie Groups Action
Hi to all,
Let $G$ be a Lie group of linear isometries of $\mathbb{R}^n_{\nu}$ ($\mathbb{R}^n_{\nu}$ is the semi-Euclidean space) and $G_1$ ,$G_2$ two Lie subgroups of $G$. Let $G_1 \times G_2$ as ...
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Copies of ax+b inside the AN part of an Iwasawa decomposition?
As a relative novice to the structure theory of Lie algebras and Lie groups, the following is what I can gather from reading parts of Helgason's book DG, Lie groups and symmetric spaces and Knapp's ...
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A lie Subgroup of SO(4n)
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thanks to all of you
I have two questions and I hope to get some guide:
1. One of the Lie groups in the Berger's list of holonomy groups of locally irreducible Riemannian manifolds is $...
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SU(6) -> SU(3) branching rule
I read in at least one paper and in the wiki below
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_model
that the 56 symmetric irrep of SU(6) breaks down into 10^{3/2} + 8^{1/2}
irreps of SU(3)xSU(2). Here the ...
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Degree bounds when restricting an irrep of a compact Lie group to a torus
I am not sure of the right terminology, but here goes. Let $G$ be a compact, connected, simply connected, non-abelian Lie group.
For any choice of one-dimensional torus $S\subset G$, and any finite-...
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Center of the algebraic group $G_{\mathbb{R}}$ for a centerless $G$
This must be an easy question but I don't have a good argument for it and have not found a counterexample: Let $G$ be a connected semisimple algebraic group over $\mathbb{Q}$ such that the center of $...
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Support of an infinitely divisible measure.
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if $G$ is a compact Lie group. Let $\mu$ be an infinitely divisible measure on $G$, such that $e$, the neutral element of $G$, is in the support of $\mu$. Is that true that the support of $\...
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Triality of Spin(8)
Among simple Lie groups, $Spin(8)$ is the most symmetrical one in the sense that $Out(Spin(8))$ is the largest possible group. A description of this outer automorphism groups is as follows. $Spin(8)$ ...
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Dense subgroups of Lie Groups
SETUP: Let $G$ be a connected Lie group, and $H\subset G$ be a FINITELY GENERATED dense subgroup.
I am interested in knowing what kind of information one can infer on the complexity of $H$.
I am ...
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Reference request: injective homomorphisms between unitary groups
Let $U(n)$ be the group of unitary $n\times n$ matrices over $\mathbb{C}$. Is there a classification of the continuous, injective group homomorphisms $U(m)\to U(n)$? If so, is there a modern account ...
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orbit space of a topological manifold
Given a compact Lie group G acting freely on a topological manifold M, is it true that the orbit space M/G is also a topological manifold? If so, why?
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Rational orthogonal matrices
``everybody knows'' that an integral orthogonal matrix is a signed permutation matrix, so there are exactly $2^n n!$ such matrices in $O(n).$ Now, what if we ask for the enumeration of elements of $O(...
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Complexification or 'real'ization of Mapping Class group.
So is there a complexification or 'real'ization of the mapping class group or can it be realised as a lattice in some lie group. like $PSL(2, \mathbb Z)$ in $PSL(2, \mathbb R)$. for g=1 this certainly ...
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Representation theory of Discrete Subgroups of Lie groups
My question is the following. Which representations of $Sp(2g, \mathbb Z)$ are extendable to representations of $Sp(2g, \mathbb C)$ or $Sp(2g, \mathbb R)$. Is there a general theory and a good ...
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Lattice in a certain Lie group
Let $G_n$ be the Lie group consisting of $n \times n$ upper triangular matrices of determinant $1$ with real entries. In other words,
$$G_n = \{\text{$\left(\begin{matrix} a_{11} & a_{12} & ...
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Reference request: Calculation in exceptional Lie groups
Let $G$ be a compact connected simple exceptional Lie group. Let $G$ be contained in a unitary group ${\rm U}(n)$ by some standard (low dimensional) unitary representation. For example in the case of $...
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power log distance between matrices
In this thesis, Pedro Freitas discusses the properties of distance functions on matrices defined by $d_p(A, B) = (\sum (\log (\sigma_i(A^{-1} B)))^p)^{1/p}.$ Here $\sigma_i$ are the singular values of ...
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Isometric embedding of a compact Lie Group in $M(n,\mathbb{C})$
Greetings,
Let $G$ be a compact Lie group with a bi-invariant inner product $h$ on it. Can one embedd $G$ in $M(n,\mathbb{C})$ isometrically for some $n \in \mathbb{N}$. By isometrically I mean that ...
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Kähler form on complex Lie group
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Let $G$ be a semi-simple, compact Lie Group. Consider its complexification $G_{\mathbb{C}}$. Does there exist a Kähler structure on $G_{\mathbb{C}}$ which is $G$-invariant (maybe in a ...
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Semiflows and continuous symmetries
Given a differential equation on a Banach space $\mathcal{X}$ of the form $\frac{d u}{d t} = F(u)$, it is often the case that $F$ is equivariant under translations, i.e. that $T_\alpha F(u) = F(T_\...
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"Homogeneity" of the Hopf fibration $S^7\to S^{15}\to S^8$ [closed]
My question has to do with an apparent contradiction I get regarding the Hopf fibration $S^7\to S^{15}\to S^8$. Namely, the two following statements cannot be true at the same time (but I do not see ...
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approximation in Lie algebras
Let $x_{1}$, $x_{2}$, $x_{3}$ three disctinct closed points of a curve $X$ over an algebraically closed field k.
Let G a connected reductive group and $\mathfrak{g}$ his Lie algebra.
I fix a Borel $...
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Is every subgroup of a connected unimodular (matrix) Lie group also unimodular?
My intuition is that the answer is yes:
Let $G$ be the original group, and let $H$ be a subgroup of $G$.
Let $\mu$ be a Haar measure on $G$ that is both right- and left-invariant.
I think that if we ...
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Can we promote to a Lie Group Isomorphism?
We regard an isomorphism of Lie groups to mean a group isomorphism which is simultaneously a diffeomorphism of the underlying smooth manifold. I'm wondering about how much rigidity is imposed by this ...
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decomposition lemma in adelic groups II
Let $X$ a curve on a field $k=\bar{k}$. G a connected reductive group over $k$.
Let fix $d$ closed points $(x_{1},...,x_{d})$ of $X$.
On each point, we have an évaluation morphisme $ev_{x}:G(k[[t_{x}...
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Integration over the orthogonal group
Let $O(N)$ be the orthogonal group, and $a,b,c\in\mathbb N$. The question is:
$$\int_{O(N)}U_{11}^aU_{22}^bU_{33}^cdU=?$$
This is quite a tricky question:
(1) The first thought would go to ...
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Does there exist a categorical treatment of root data(systems)?
What I am looking for is an abstract description of root data with their morphisms(!) plus a comparison with the categories of reductive groups over some field, Dynkin diagrams, Lie algebras, ...
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