Example 1.
First we initialize a Lie algebra.
Now define coordinates for the dual of the Lie algebra.
Calculate the infinitesimal generators for the co-adjoint action.
The center of the Lie algebra is trivial and therefore the structure equations for the Lie algebra are the same as those for .
The vector fields may be calculated directly using the Adjoint and convert/DGvector commands. For example, we obtain the last vector in as follows.
Example 2.
First we initialize a 4-dimensional Lie algebra.
Now define coordinates for the dual of the Lie algebra.
Calculate the infinitesimal generators for the co-adjoint action.
In this example, the Lie algebra has a non-trivial center and now the structure equations for are those for the quotient of by its center.
Example 3.
The invariants for the co-adjoint action are called generalized Casimir operators (See J. Patera, R. T. Sharp , P. Winternitz and H. Zassenhaus, Invariants of real low dimensional Lie algebras, J. Math. Phys. 17, No 6, June 1976, 966--994).
We calculate the generalized Casimir operators for the Lie algebra [5,12] from this article. First use the Retrieve command to obtain the structure equations for this algebra and initialize the Lie algebra.
Calculate the infinitesimal generators for the co-adjoint action.
We use the InvariantGeometricObjectFields command to calculate the functions which invariant under the group generated by .
Functional combinations of these invariants give the formulas for the generalized Casimir operators in the Patera, Sharp, et al. paper.