SU(n+1) Lie group

GPTKB entity

Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:Lie_group
orthogonal group
compact group
gptkbp:actsOn complex projective space CP^n
gptkbp:centralTo cyclic group of order n+1
gptkbp:connects true
gptkbp:definedIn group of (n+1)×(n+1) unitary matrices with determinant 1
gptkbp:dimensions n^2+2n
gptkbp:example SU(2) is isomorphic to the group of unit quaternions
SU(3) is used in quantum chromodynamics
gptkbp:field complex numbers
gptkbp:fundamentalGroup Z_{n+1}
gptkbp:hasSubgroup U(n+1)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SU(n+1) Lie group
gptkbp:isQuotientOf PSU(n+1)
gptkbp:Lie_algebra su(n+1)
gptkbp:maximalTorus U(1)^n
gptkbp:notation SU(n+1)
gptkbp:rank n
gptkbp:realForm SL(n+1,C)
SL(n+1,R)
gptkbp:simplyConnected true
gptkbp:type A_n
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:gauge_theory
gptkb:theoretical_physics
differential geometry
particle physics
quantum mechanics
representation theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:A_n_root_lattice
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6