SL(2,C)

E174597

SL(2,C) is the complex special linear group of 2×2 matrices with determinant 1, which serves as the double cover and spinor representation group of the proper orthochronous Lorentz group in four-dimensional spacetime.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
SL(2,C) canonical 8
SL(2,ℂ) 3
complexified Lorentz group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lie group ⓘ
complex Lie group ⓘ
connected Lie group ⓘ
matrix group ⓘ
non-compact Lie group ⓘ
semisimple Lie group ⓘ
simple Lie group ⓘ
actsOn two-component Weyl spinors ⓘ
containsSubgroup SL(2,R) ⓘ
SU(2) ⓘ
hasCartanSubalgebraDimension 1 ⓘ
hasCenter {±I} ⓘ
hasCenterIsomorphicTo Z/2Z ⓘ
hasComplexLieAlgebraDimension 3 ⓘ
hasDefinition group of 2×2 complex matrices with determinant 1 ⓘ
hasDeterminantCondition determinant equal to 1 ⓘ
hasDimension 3 complex dimensions ⓘ
6 real dimensions ⓘ
hasFundamentalGroup trivial ⓘ
hasFundamentalRepresentation 2-dimensional complex representation ⓘ
hasLieAlgebra sl(2,C) ⓘ
hasMaximalCompactSubgroup SU(2) ⓘ
hasRank 1 over C ⓘ
hasRealLieAlgebraDimension 6 ⓘ
hasRealRank 1 ⓘ
hasRootSystemType A1 ⓘ
hasTopology diffeomorphic to S^3 × R^3 ⓘ
hasTrivialAbelianization true ⓘ
isAlgebraicGroupOver C ⓘ
isComplexificationOf SU(2) ⓘ
isConnected true ⓘ
isCoveringGroupOf SO^+(3,1) ⓘ
isDoubleCoverOf SO^+(3,1) ⓘ
linked to: Lorentz group

proper orthochronous Lorentz group in 3+1 dimensions ⓘ
isGroupOf 2×2 complex matrices ⓘ
isIsomorphicTo Spin^+(3,1) ⓘ
isNonAbelian true ⓘ
isNonCompact true ⓘ
isRealFormOf SL(2,C) as complex algebraic group ⓘ
isSimplyConnected true ⓘ
isSpinGroupFor Lorentz group in 3+1 dimensions ⓘ
linked to: Lorentz group

SO(3,1) ⓘ
linked to: Lorentz group
isUniversalCoverOf SO^+(3,1) ⓘ
linked to: Lorentz group
isUsedIn general relativity ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ
representation theory of the Lorentz group ⓘ
theory of spinors in four-dimensional spacetime ⓘ
quotientByCenterIsIsomorphicTo SO^+(3,1) ⓘ
linked to: Lorentz group

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

SU(2) → isSubgroupOf → SL(2,C) ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SU(2)
SU(2) → isCompactRealFormOf → SL(2,C) ⓘ
subject linked to: rotation group SU(2)
sl(2,C) → associatedLieGroup → SL(2,C) ⓘ
SL(2,R) → realFormOf → SL(2,C) ⓘ
Plebański formulation of general relativity → involves → complexified Lorentz group ⓘ
linked to: SL(2,C)
Möbius transformation → associatedMatrixGroup → SL(2,ℂ) ⓘ
subject linked to: Möbius transformations
linked to: SL(2,C)
PSL(2,ℂ) → isAdjointFormOf → SL(2,ℂ) ⓘ
subject linked to: PSL(2,\mathbb{C})
linked to: SL(2,C)
PSL(2,ℂ) → hasUniversalCover → SL(2,ℂ) ⓘ
subject linked to: PSL(2,\mathbb{C})
linked to: SL(2,C)