PSL(2,\mathbb{C})

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PSL(2,ℂ) is the group of Möbius transformations acting as all biholomorphic automorphisms of the Riemann sphere.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Möbius group 2
PSL(2,\mathbb{C}) canonical 1
PSL(2,ℂ) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lie group
centerless group
complex Lie group
connected Lie group
group
linear algebraic group
non-compact Lie group
semisimple Lie group
simple Lie group
acts3TransitivelyOn Riemann sphere
actsBy Möbius transformations
actsOn Riemann sphere
extended complex plane
actsTransitivelyOn Riemann sphere
containsSubgroup PSL(2,ℝ)
PSU(2)
definedAs SL(2,ℂ)/{±I}
linked to: PSL(2,\mathbb{C})
hasCenter trivial group
hasDimension 3 complex dimensions
6 real dimensions
hasElementForm z ↦ (az + b)/(cz + d) with ad − bc ≠ 0
hasFundamentalGroup ℤ/2ℤ
hasLieAlgebra sl(2,ℂ)
hasMaximalCompactSubgroup PSU(2)
hasProjectiveRealization PGL(2,ℂ)
hasQuotientMapFrom SL(2,ℂ)
hasRank 1
hasRealForm PSL(2,ℝ)
hasRealPoints PSL(2,ℝ)
hasTopology real 6-dimensional manifold
hasType A₁ (complex simple Lie type)
hasUniversalCover SL(2,ℂ)
linked to: SL(2,C)
isAdjointFormOf SL(2,ℂ)
linked to: SL(2,C)
isAutomorphismGroupOf Riemann sphere
complex projective line ℂℙ¹
linked to: Riemann sphere
isConnected true
isGroupOf biholomorphic automorphisms of the Riemann sphere
isIsomorphicTo Isom⁺(ℍ³)
PGL(2,ℂ)
group of orientation-preserving isometries of hyperbolic 3-space
isNonAbelian true
isPerfectGroup true
isRealLieGroupOfType rank 1 non-compact simple
isSimplyConnected false
isUsedIn 3-manifold theory
Kleinian group theory
complex dynamics
hyperbolic geometry
quotientOf SL(2,ℂ)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Clebsch–Aronhold invariants relatedTo projective linear group PGL(2)
linked to: PSL(2,\mathbb{C})
Möbius geometry hasKeyConcept Möbius group
linked to: PSL(2,\mathbb{C})
Lie sphere group relatedTo Möbius group
linked to: PSL(2,\mathbb{C})
Möbius transformation groupIsIsomorphicTo PSL(2,ℂ)
subject linked to: Möbius transformations
linked to: PSL(2,\mathbb{C})
PSL(2,ℂ) definedAs SL(2,ℂ)/{±I}
subject linked to: PSL(2,\mathbb{C})
linked to: PSL(2,\mathbb{C})