special linear group SL(N)

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
gptkb:Lie_group
gptkbp:actsOn vector spaces of dimension N
gptkbp:centralTo scalar matrices with N-th roots of unity
gptkbp:definedIn group of N x N matrices with determinant 1
gptkbp:dimensions N^2 - 1
gptkbp:field usually over real or complex numbers
gptkbp:generation elementary matrices with determinant 1
gptkbp:hasConnection true (over real or complex numbers)
gptkbp:hasSubgroup general linear group GL(N)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label special linear group SL(N)
gptkbp:importantFor gptkb:algebraic_geometry
differential geometry
physics
representation theory
gptkbp:isNonAbelian true for N > 2
gptkbp:isSimple N >= 2 (over algebraically closed fields, except N=2 in characteristic 2)
gptkbp:notation SL(N)
gptkbp:order infinite (for infinite fields)
gptkbp:relatedTo projective special linear group PSL(N)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SU(N)_algebra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7