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Example 1
We obtain the structural properties for the Lie algebra . This is the split real form for Lie algebras of root type A. First, we use the command SimpleLieAlgebraData to initialize this Lie algebra.
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We use the command SimpleLieAlgebraProperties to obtain the properties of the Lie algebra .
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Here are the indices for the table Properties.
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It is convenient to use the map and op commands to display the indices as a list of strings.
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Here are some of the individual properties for the Lie algebra .
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The command LieAlgebraRoots lists the roots associated to this root space decomposition. Note that the roots are all real.
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Note that the first non-zero component of each positive root is positive and that the first non-zero component of each negative root is negative.
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It is easy to check that positive roots are positive linear combinations of the simple roots.
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We check that the Killing form is positive-definite on the first list of vectors CD[1] and negative-definitive on the second list of vectors.
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Example 2
We obtain the structural properties for the Lie algebra . This is the compact form for Lie algebras of root type A. First, we use the command SimpleLieAlgebraData to initialize this Lie algebra.
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We use the command SimpleLieAlgebraProperties to obtain the properties of the Lie algebra .
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It is convenient to use the map and op commands to display the indices as a list of strings.
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Here are some of the individual properties for the Lie algebra .
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The roots are all pure imaginary numbers so that this is indeed the compact form.
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The first non-zero coefficient of in each positive root is positive.
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Example 3
We obtain the structural properties for the Lie algebra . First, we use the command SimpleLieAlgebraData to initialize this Lie algebra.
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We use the command SimpleLieAlgebraProperties to obtain the properties of the Lie algebra .
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It is convenient to use the map and op commands to display the indices as a list of strings.
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Here are some of the individual properties for the Lie algebra .
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Note that first two components of the roots are real and the third component is pure imaginary.
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Since the root vectors are neither real nor pure imaginary, we have a restricted root space decomposition.
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The restricted roots are the projections of the roots which yield real vectors. Since the restricted root [1,1] is the projection of the 2 roots [1, 1, 2I] and [1, 1, -2I], the restricted root space for [1,1] is 2-dimensional. Note also that while the root spaces are defined over C, the restricted root space are real subspaces of .
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Let's us check the properties of this KAN decomposition. The first list of vectors defines a subalgebra with negative-definite Killing form.
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The second list of vectors defines an abelian subalgebra>
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The third list of vectors defines a nilpotent Lie algebra.
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