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Semi-direct decomposition of a solvable Lie group

(This is a cross-post from this MSE question) I am searching for a reference or proof to the following fact (asserted at the top of page 2 here). Let $G$ be a connected, solvable Lie group. Then $G = ...
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Example of a supersolvable Lie group/algebra whose nilradical does not have a complement

What is an example of a real solvable simply-connected Lie group $G$ whose nilradical does not have a complement (that is, $G$ is not a semidirect product of the nilradical and another subgroup)? Is ...
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Is there always a purely real representative for a metrized solvable Lie group?

Alekseevski proves for Heintze groups (a special class of solvable Lie groups) that any such group admits a (left-invariant) metric which is isometric to a purely real Heintze group (again equipped ...
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Commutator length in connected solvable Lie groups

Let $G$ be a connected solvable Lie group and let $H$ denote ist commutator subgroup. By definition, every element $g \in H$ can be written as a product of commutators and the minimal number of ...
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Decomposition of solvable Lie group

Suppose $G$ is a connected Lie group whose radical is $R$. It is known that the solvable group $R$ can always be decomposed as $R=UT$ where $U$ is a simply-connected normal subgroup of $R$ and $T$ is ...
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Lattices in SOL

Consider a semi-direct product $\mathbb{Z}^2\rtimes_A\mathbb{Z}$, where $A\in SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$ and $|Tr(A)|>2$. It is clear that it is isomorphic to a lattice in the 3-dimensional solvable Lie ...
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