Special Linear Group of degree n over the complex numbers

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:Lie_group
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SL(n,_C)
gptkbp:actsOn complex n-dimensional vector space
gptkbp:centralTo set of scalar matrices with n-th roots of unity as entries
gptkbp:compact true
gptkbp:definedIn determinant = 1
group of n x n complex matrices with determinant 1
gptkbp:dimensions n^2 - 1
gptkbp:field complex numbers
gptkbp:hasConnection true
gptkbp:hasSubgroup General Linear Group of degree n over the complex numbers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Special Linear Group of degree n over the complex numbers
gptkbp:isAlgebraicGroup true
gptkbp:isClosedSubgroupOf General Linear Group of degree n over the complex numbers
gptkbp:isComplexLieGroup true
gptkbp:isConnectedLieGroup true
gptkbp:isHomomorphicImageOf Universal Covering Group of SL(n, C) (itself)
gptkbp:isMatrixGroup true
gptkbp:isNonAbelian for n >= 2
gptkbp:isNonAbelianSimpleGroup for n >= 2
gptkbp:isNonCompactLieGroup true
gptkbp:isReductive true
gptkbp:isSemisimple true
gptkbp:isSimple n >= 2
gptkbp:isTransitiveOn complex n-dimensional vector space minus the origin
gptkbp:Lie_algebra special linear Lie algebra sl(n, C)
gptkbp:order infinite
gptkbp:relatedTo Special Linear Group of degree n over the real numbers
General Linear Group GL(n, C)
Projective Special Linear Group PSL(n, C)
Special Orthogonal Group SO(n, C)
Special Unitary Group SU(n)
gptkbp:universalCover itself
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:gauge_theory
gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkb:topology
differential geometry
number theory
particle physics
quantum mechanics
representation theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SL(n,_ℂ)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6