SL(2)

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:actsOn projective line
gptkbp:centralTo {I, -I} (over fields of characteristic ≠ 2)
gptkbp:defines The group of 2x2 matrices with determinant 1 over a field or ring
gptkbp:dimensions 3 (as Lie group over R or C)
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Special_Linear_Group_of_degree_2
gptkbp:hasConnection yes (over R or C)
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:GL(2)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SL(2)
gptkbp:isMatrixGroup yes
gptkbp:isNonAbelian yes
gptkbp:isPerfect yes (for n ≥ 2, except in small characteristics)
gptkbp:isQuotientOf gptkb:PSL(2)
gptkbp:isSimple yes (for n ≥ 2, except in small characteristics)
gptkbp:Lie_algebra sl(2)
gptkbp:notation gptkb:SL(2)
gptkb:SL_2
gptkbp:order infinite (over infinite fields)
(q^2-1)q (over finite field F_q)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:PSL(2)
gptkb:SL(n)
gptkb:GL(2)
gptkbp:type gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:Lie_group
gptkbp:universalCover yes (over R: universal cover is infinite cyclic cover)
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:algebraic_geometry
modular forms
number theory
quantum mechanics
representation theory
theory of modular curves
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SL2
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6