Example 1.
In this example the matrix group for the Lie algebra of upper triangular matrices is calculated.
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We can use the LieAlgebraData command to check that this set of matrices is closed under commutators and defines an abstract Lie algebra.
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This result shows that the commutator of the 2nd and 3rd matrices in the list is the 2nd matrices. Other commutators are 0.
Now find the matrix group defined by the matrix algebra .
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We can check this result in two ways. First, we can differentiate the elements of with respect to the group parameters to check that we recover the elements of the matrix algebra . For this
we use the commands map and seq. For more complicated examples., it will be neccesary to evaluate at the coordinates of the identity, given here by id.
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In general, the list of initial matrices and the matrices obtained from the matrix group will be different but it is always the case that This can be checked using the GetComponents command.
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Secondly, one can use the command LieGroup (see Example 1) to directly verify that the matrix does indeed define a matrix group.
Example 2.
In this example the matrix group for the Lie algebra of all matrices is found.
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Note that this result is in a much simpler form than that obtained from the product of exponentials of the individual elements of .
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Example 3.
I n this example the matrix group for the Lie algebra of all trace-free matrices is determined.
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Note that the matrix gives a parametrization of , the matrix group of matrices with determinant 1.
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Example 4.
Here we shall find the matrix group associated to the adjoint representation of a Lie algebra. For this example, we shall use a Lie algebra from the tables of Lie algebras compiled by Patera, Sharp, Winternitz and Zassenhaus. See References, Retrieve, Adjoint.
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Example 5.
In this example we find the matrix group for the infinitesimal automorphism group of a Lie algebra. The infinitesimal automorphisms of a Lie algebra are computed using the Derivations command.
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Example 6.
In this example a matrix group g is found from its Maurer-Cartan forms. First we initialize the 3-dimensional manifold on which the Maurer-Cartan forms are defined.
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We check that these formulas satisfy the required integrablity conditions.
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Since is not defined at we choose as the coordinates for the identity.
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