exceptional Lie group G2

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Lie_group
gptkbp:automorphismGroup gptkb:octonions
gptkbp:Borel_subgroup solvable subgroup
gptkbp:Cartan_matrix [[2, -3], [-1, 2]]
gptkbp:centralTo trivial
gptkbp:complexification G2(C)
gptkbp:dimensions 14
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Wilhelm_Killing
gptkb:Élie_Cartan
gptkbp:discoveredIn late 19th century
gptkbp:Dynkin_diagram two nodes connected by a triple bond
gptkbp:fundamentalGroup trivial (for compact form)
gptkbp:holonomy_group_of 7-dimensional Riemannian manifolds
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label exceptional Lie group G2
gptkbp:Lie_algebra g2
gptkbp:maximal_compact_subgroup SU(2) × SU(2)/Z2
gptkbp:rank 2
gptkbp:realForm compact
split
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:F4
gptkb:exceptional_Jordan_algebra
gptkb:octonions
E8
E6
E7
subgroup of E6
subgroup of E7
subgroup of E8
subgroup of F4
subgroup of GL(7, R)
subgroup of SO(7)
subgroup of SO(8)
subgroup of Spin(7)
subgroup of Spin(8)
automorphisms of the octonion algebra
special holonomy in 7 dimensions
symmetries of the 7-sphere
symmetries of the Fano plane
gptkbp:type gptkb:G2_root_system
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:string_theory
gptkb:M-theory
differential geometry
theory of special holonomy
gptkbp:Weyl_group gptkb:dihedral_group_of_order_12
12
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lie_group
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5