Symplectic group

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:actsOn symplectic vector space
gptkbp:application gptkb:algebraic_geometry
gptkb:classical_mechanics
differential geometry
physics
quantum mechanics
representation theory
gptkbp:category classical group
gptkbp:centralTo {±I} (for Sp(2n, C))
gptkbp:compact yes (for Sp(2n, R))
yes (for compact symplectic group)
gptkbp:connects yes (for Sp(2n, R))
gptkbp:definedIn preserving a non-degenerate, skew-symmetric bilinear form
gptkbp:dimensions n(2n+1) for Sp(2n, R)
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
complex numbers
finite fields
real numbers
gptkbp:hasConnection yes (for Sp(2n, C))
gptkbp:hasSubfield gptkb:algebra
gptkb:geometry
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:metaplectic_group
gptkb:compact_symplectic_group
gptkb:projective_symplectic_group
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Symplectic group
gptkbp:isAlgebraicGroup yes
gptkbp:isMatrixGroup yes
gptkbp:isReductive yes
gptkbp:isSimple yes (for n > 1)
gptkbp:notation gptkb:Sp(2n,_F)
gptkbp:parameter F (field)
n (positive integer)
gptkbp:preserves symplectic form
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:Hamiltonian_mechanics
gptkb:symplectic_Lie_algebra
symplectic manifold
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:general_linear_group
orthogonal group
gptkbp:studiedBy Elie Cartan
gptkbp:type gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:Lie_group
type C
gptkbp:Weyl_group hyperoctahedral group
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:group_of_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4