maximal torus in a connected Lie group

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:centralizer_equals itself
gptkbp:dimension_equals rank of the Lie group
gptkbp:every_element_is_contained_in some maximal torus (for compact Lie groups)
gptkbp:example_in_SO(3) rotations about a fixed axis
gptkbp:example_in_SU(n) diagonal matrices with determinant 1
gptkbp:exists_in_every connected compact Lie group
gptkbp:heldBy gptkb:butter
gptkb:maximal_torus
Lie subgroup
subfamily
compact, connected, abelian subgroup
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label maximal torus in a connected Lie group
gptkbp:is_maximal_with_respect_to inclusion among tori
gptkbp:is_unique_up_to conjugation
gptkbp:normalizer_modulo_itself_is gptkb:Weyl_group
gptkbp:relatedTo Cartan subalgebra
gptkbp:used_in representation theory
structure theory of Lie groups
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cartan_subgroup
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6