SO(n)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:Lie_group
gptkbp:actsOn gptkb:n-dimensional_real_Euclidean_space
gptkbp:application gptkb:geometry
computer vision
mechanics
physics
robotics
gptkbp:centralTo {I, -I} for even n
{I} for odd n
gptkbp:compact compact
gptkbp:component trivial
gptkbp:connectedness connected
gptkbp:definedIn group of n×n real orthogonal matrices with determinant 1
gptkbp:determinant 1
gptkbp:dimensions n(n-1)/2
gptkbp:doubleCover gptkb:Spin(n)
gptkbp:field real numbers
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Special_orthogonal_group
gptkbp:fundamentalGroup Z for n=2
Z/2Z for n>2
gptkbp:generation rotations in coordinate planes
gptkbp:hasSubgroup O(n)
gptkbp:homotopyGroup π1(SO(2)) = Z
π1(SO(n)) = Z/2Z for n > 2
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SO(n)
gptkbp:identityElement identity matrix
gptkbp:isometryGroupOf gptkb:n-dimensional_Euclidean_space_(orientation-preserving)
gptkbp:isQuotientOf gptkb:Spin(n)
gptkbp:isSimple n > 2
gptkbp:Lie_algebra so(n)
gptkbp:matrixCondition A^T A = I, det(A) = 1
gptkbp:maximalCompactSubgroupOf gptkb:SL(n,_R)
gptkbp:notation gptkb:SO(n)
gptkbp:notSimpleFor n = 4
gptkbp:order infinite
gptkbp:preserves gptkb:Euclidean_inner_product
orientation
gptkbp:realForm gptkb:SO(n,_C)
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Lie_group
gptkb:matrix_Lie_group
orthogonal group
semisimple group
compact group
connected group
simple group (for n > 2)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:orthogonal_group_O(n)
gptkb:special_linear_group_SL(n)
spin group Spin(n)
gptkbp:represents orthogonal transformations
gptkbp:universalCover gptkb:Spin(n)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:orthogonal_group
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5