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Lie Groups are Groups that are additionally smooth manifolds such that the multiplication and the inverse maps are smooth.

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geodesic of $\rm SO(3)$ as a compact Lie group vs as a Riemannian symmetric space

I got a little bit confused about the definition of geodesic for $\rm SO(3)$ as a compact Lie group a Riemannian symmetric space In the former case, it is given by the usual matrix exponential: $$ …