When I read the paper [Universal approximations of invariant maps by neural networks](https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.10306) of *Dmitry Yarotsky*, it happens on *page 36* that he used some concepts about the representation of Lie algebra of the Lie group $\operatorname{SE}(2)$. <br/> Describe rigid motions of $\mathbb{R}^2$ by identifying it with $\mathbb{C}$. An element in $\operatorname{SE}(2)$ can be written as $\left(\gamma,\theta\right)=\left(x+iy,e^{i\phi}\right)$ with some $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$ and $\phi\in\left[0,2\pi\right)$. The action of $\operatorname{SE}(2)$ on $\mathbb{R}^2\cong\mathbb{C}$: \begin{equation*} \mathcal{A}_{\left(x+iy,e^{i\theta}\right)}z=x+iy+e^{i\theta}z,\quad z\in \mathbb{C}. \end{equation*} Consider the generators of the representation: \begin{equation*} J_x=i\lim_{\delta x\to 0}\dfrac{R_{\left(\delta x,1\right)}-1}{\delta x}, \quad J_y=i\lim_{i\delta y\to 0}\dfrac{R_{\left(\delta y,1\right)}-1}{\delta x}, \quad J_\phi=i\lim_{\delta \phi\to 0}\dfrac{R_{\left(0,e^{i\delta \phi}\right)}-1}{\delta \phi} \end{equation*} where $R_{\left(\gamma,\theta\right)}$ is the action of $\operatorname{SE}(2)$ given by $$R_{\left(\gamma,\theta\right)}\Phi=\Phi\circ\mathcal{A}^{-1}.$$ The generators can be explicitly written as \begin{equation*} J_x=-i\partial_x, \quad J_y=-i\partial_y,\quad J_\phi=-i\partial_\phi=-i\left(x\partial_y-y\partial_x\right) \end{equation*} and obey the commutation relations \begin{equation}\label{eq41} \left[J_x,J_y\right]=0,\quad \left[J_x,J_\phi\right]=-iJ_y, \quad \left[J_y,J_\phi\right]=iJ_x. \end{equation} ---------- I am a newbie in Lie representation. Can you explain to me the definition of $J_x, \partial_x$, the Lie brackets, and how these equations hold here? Or can you give me some books/papers defining these concepts? I looked upon the internet about the representation of Lie algebra but met nothing like these.<br/> [1]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.10306.pdf