Lie group

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A Lie group is a mathematical structure that is both a smooth manifold and a group, where the group operations are differentiable and used to study continuous symmetries.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lie groups 26
Lie group canonical 8
Heisenberg group 1

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Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf differentiable manifold ⓘ
group ⓘ
mathematical structure ⓘ
smooth manifold ⓘ
topological group ⓘ
appearsIn gauge theory ⓘ
general relativity ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
quantum mechanics ⓘ
string theory ⓘ
dimension finite-dimensional (for finite-dimensional Lie groups) ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Lie theory ⓘ
differential geometry ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
representation theory ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
generalizationOf continuous groups of transformations ⓘ
matrix groups ⓘ
hasAssociatedObject Cartan subgroup ⓘ
Weyl group (for semisimple Lie groups) ⓘ
linked to: Weyl group

maximal compact subgroup ⓘ
root system (for semisimple Lie groups) ⓘ
universal covering group ⓘ
hasExample Heisenberg group ⓘ
circle group U(1) ⓘ
complex numbers under addition ⓘ
general linear group GL(n,C) ⓘ
general linear group GL(n,R) ⓘ
nonzero real numbers under multiplication ⓘ
real numbers under addition ⓘ
special linear group SL(n,C) ⓘ
special linear group SL(n,R) ⓘ
special orthogonal group SO(n) ⓘ
special unitary group SU(n) ⓘ
hasPart Lie algebra ⓘ
hasProperty Hausdorff ⓘ
continuous symmetries ⓘ
group operation is smooth ⓘ
inversion map is smooth ⓘ
inversion map is smooth diffeomorphism ⓘ
locally Euclidean ⓘ
multiplication map is smooth ⓘ
second countable ⓘ
hasType abelian Lie group ⓘ
compact Lie group ⓘ
connected Lie group ⓘ
finite-dimensional Lie group ⓘ
infinite-dimensional Lie group ⓘ
nilpotent Lie group ⓘ
non-compact Lie group ⓘ
reductive Lie group ⓘ
semisimple Lie group ⓘ
simply connected Lie group ⓘ
solvable Lie group ⓘ
namedAfter Sophus Lie ⓘ
relatedConcept Lie algebra ⓘ
Lie group action ⓘ
Lie group representation ⓘ
Lie homomorphism ⓘ
Lie ring ⓘ
Lie semigroup ⓘ
Lie subgroup ⓘ
studiedBy Sophus Lie ⓘ
studiedIn 19th century ⓘ
usedFor classification of symmetries in physics ⓘ
representation theory of groups ⓘ
study of continuous symmetries ⓘ
study of differential equations ⓘ

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Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sophus Lie → hasConceptNamedAfter → Lie group ⓘ
Sjur Lie → fieldOfWork → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Noether's theorem → usesConcept → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Poincaré group → category → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Harish-Chandra → fieldOfWork → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Erlangen Program → relatedTo → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Gruppentheorie und Quantenmechanik → topic → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Weyl quantization → usesConcept → Heisenberg group ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Élie Cartan → fieldOfWork → Lie groups ⓘ
subject linked to: Cartan
linked to: Lie group
Lie theory → fieldOfStudy → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Cartan decomposition → appliesTo → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Claude Chevalley → fieldOfWork → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Lie sphere geometry → usesMethod → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Lie sphere geometry → basedOn → Lie group actions ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Lie pseudogroup → generalizes → Lie group ⓘ
Theorie der Transformationsgruppen → mainSubject → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Marius Sophus Lie → knownFor → Lie groups ⓘ
subject linked to: Marius
linked to: Lie group
Sophus Lie → hasNameInMathematics → Lie group ⓘ
subject linked to: Sophus
Lie bracket → relatedConcept → Lie group ⓘ
Harish-Chandra → fieldOfWork → Lie groups ⓘ
subject linked to: Harish
linked to: Lie group
Nolan Wallach → fieldOfWork → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
differential geometry → studies → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Die klassischen Gruppen → subject → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Representations of groups → appliesTo → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
semisimple Lie group → hasExample → exceptional Lie group G2 ⓘ
subject linked to: semisimple Lie groups
linked to: Lie group
Lie algebra → relatedTo → Lie group ⓘ
subject linked to: Lie algebras
Casimir operator → appliesTo → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Armand Borel → fieldOfWork → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Hans Samelson → fieldOfWork → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Clifford algebra → relatedTo → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Vessiot theory of differential equations → usesConcept → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Calvin C. Moore → fieldOfWork → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group
Symplectic Geometry and Fourier Analysis → relatedTo → Lie groups ⓘ
linked to: Lie group