Unipotent group

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:Lie_group
gptkbp:defines A group in which every element is unipotent
gptkbp:example Group of upper triangular matrices with 1s on the diagonal
gptkbp:field Algebraically closed field
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Unipotent group
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Reductive_group
gptkbp:property All elements have all eigenvalues equal to 1
Closed under group operations
Connected in characteristic zero
Every element minus the identity is nilpotent
Lie algebra consists of nilpotent matrices
Normal subgroup of Borel subgroup
Solvable
Trivial center in some cases
Can be represented as a subgroup of GL(n) consisting of unipotent matrices
Every unipotent group is nilpotent in characteristic zero
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Nilpotent_group
gptkbp:studiedIn gptkb:Algebraic_geometry
gptkb:Group_theory
gptkb:Representation_theory
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Linear_Algebraic_Groups
gptkb:Algebraic_groups
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7