GL(n, F)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:Lie_group
gptkbp:actsOn vector space of dimension n over F
gptkbp:application gptkb:algebraic_geometry
cryptography
differential geometry
group theory
number theory
physics
representation theory
linear algebra
gptkbp:automorphismGroup vector space of dimension n over F
gptkbp:centralTo scalar matrices
gptkbp:containsElement invertible n x n matrices over F
gptkbp:determinant nonzero
GL(n, F) → F^*
gptkbp:dimensions n^2
gptkbp:field F
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:general_linear_group_of_degree_n_over_field_F
gptkbp:generation elementary matrices
gptkbp:hasConnection yes (if F is algebraically closed)
gptkbp:hasDeterminantMap yes
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:SL(n,_F)
GL(m, F) for m > n
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GL(n, F)
gptkbp:identityElement identity matrix
gptkbp:isAlgebraicGroup yes
gptkbp:isClassicalGroup yes
gptkbp:isFinite yes (if F is finite)
gptkbp:isMatrixGroup yes (if F = R or C)
gptkbp:isNonAbelian yes (for n > 1)
gptkbp:isQuotientOf gptkb:PGL(n,_F)
gptkbp:isReductive yes
gptkbp:isSimple no (for n > 1, except in some cases)
gptkbp:isTopologicalGroup yes (if F is topological field)
gptkbp:kernelOfDeterminantMap gptkb:SL(n,_F)
gptkbp:notation gptkb:GL(n,_F)
gptkbp:operator matrix multiplication
gptkbp:order finite (if F is finite)
infinite (if F is infinite)
product_{k=0}^{n-1} (|F|^n - |F|^k) (if F is finite)
gptkbp:relatedTo orthogonal group
projective linear group
gptkbp:representationTheory well-studied
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:general_linear_group
gptkb:orthogonal_group
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5