Iwasawa decomposition

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:semisimple_Lie_groups
gptkbp:describes factorization of Lie groups
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
Lie group theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Iwasawa decomposition
gptkbp:involves abelian subgroup
maximal compact subgroup
nilpotent subgroup
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Kenkichi_Iwasawa
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bruhat_decomposition
gptkb:Cartan_decomposition
gptkbp:sentence Every element g of a semisimple Lie group G can be written uniquely as a product kan, with k in K, a in A, n in N, where K is a maximal compact subgroup, A is abelian, N is nilpotent.
gptkbp:usedIn representation theory
harmonic analysis on Lie groups
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lie_group
gptkb:Lie_groups
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5