Lie algebra sl(2,C)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Lie_group
complex Lie algebra
gptkbp:adjoint_representation 3-dimensional
gptkbp:appearsIn gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkbp:automorphismGroup gptkb:PGL(2,C)
gptkbp:basisFor {E, F, H}
gptkbp:Borel_subalgebra upper triangular traceless matrices
gptkbp:Cartan_subalgebra 1-dimensional
gptkbp:Casimir_element exists
gptkbp:centralTo {0}
gptkbp:Chevalley_basis {E, F, H}
gptkbp:commutation_relation [E, F] = H
[H, E] = 2E
[H, F] = -2F
gptkbp:defining_property traceless 2x2 complex matrices
gptkbp:dimensions 3
gptkbp:Dynkin_diagram single node
gptkbp:enveloping_algebra U(sl(2,C))
gptkbp:field complex numbers
gptkbp:highest_weight_representations classified
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lie algebra sl(2,C)
gptkbp:isomorphicTo so(3,C)
sp(2,C)
gptkbp:isSemisimple true
gptkbp:isSimple true
gptkbp:Killing_form non-degenerate
gptkbp:notation gptkb:sl(2,C)
gptkbp:parabolic_subalgebra gptkb:Borel_subalgebra
gptkbp:rank 1
gptkbp:realForm gptkb:sl(2,R)
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:SL(2,C)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Lorentz_group
gptkb:SU(2)
gptkbp:representation_theory well-studied
gptkbp:root_space_decomposition exists
gptkbp:Serre_relations satisfied
gptkbp:structure_constants standard for A1 type
gptkbp:subalgebra_of gl(2,C)
gptkbp:type A1
gptkbp:universalCover gptkb:SL(2,C)
gptkbp:used_in differential geometry
mathematical physics
quantum mechanics
representation theory
theory of Lie groups
gptkbp:weight_lattice Z
gptkbp:Weyl_group gptkb:Z/2Z
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lie_algebra_su(2)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7