GL(2)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:actsOn 2-dimensional vector space
gptkbp:centralTo scalar matrices
gptkbp:containsElement invertible 2x2 matrices
gptkbp:describes group of all invertible 2x2 matrices over a field
gptkbp:determinant nonzero
gptkbp:fieldParameter field F
gptkbp:fullName general linear group of degree 2
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:SL(2)
Borel subgroup
upper triangular matrices
GL(n) for n>2
diagonal matrices
diagonal subgroup
unipotent subgroup
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GL(2)
gptkbp:identityElement matrix inverse
2x2 identity matrix
gptkbp:isAlgebraicGroup true
gptkbp:isConnectedGroup true
gptkbp:isMatrixGroup true
true (over R or C)
gptkbp:isNonAbelian true
gptkbp:isQuotientOf gptkb:PGL(2)
gptkbp:isReductive true
gptkbp:isSimple false
gptkbp:matrixSize 2x2
gptkbp:notation gptkb:GL_2
gptkb:GL(2)
gptkbp:operator matrix multiplication
gptkbp:order infinite (over infinite fields)
(q^2-1)(q^2-q) (over finite field F_q)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Lie_groups
group theory
representation theory
algebraic groups
orthogonal group
group representations
projective linear group
determinant map
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:algebraic_geometry
coding theory
cryptography
modular forms
number theory
representation theory
linear algebra
automorphic forms
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Base_change_for_GL(2)
gptkb:Ramanujan_conjecture
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6