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.

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SL(2,C) canonical 3

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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

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