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    In the mathematical field of Lie theory, a split Lie algebra is a pair ( g , h ) {\displaystyle ({\mathfrak {g}},{\mathfrak {h}})} where g {\displaystyle...
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    the field of real and complex numbers. A real Lie algebra g0 is called a real form of a complex Lie algebra g if g is the complexification of g0: g ≃ g...
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    mathematics, a Lie algebra (pronounced /liː/ LEE) is a vector space g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} together with an operation called the Lie bracket, an...
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    mathematics, a Lie algebra is semisimple if it is a direct sum of simple Lie algebras. (A simple Lie algebra is a non-abelian Lie algebra without any non-zero...
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    of representation theory, a Lie algebra representation or representation of a Lie algebra is a way of writing a Lie algebra as a set of matrices (or endomorphisms...
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    In algebra, a simple Lie algebra is a Lie algebra that is non-abelian and contains no nonzero proper ideals. The classification of real simple Lie algebras...
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    CSA, is a nilpotent subalgebra h {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {h}}} of a Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} that is self-normalising (if [ X ,...
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    Lie algebra g {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {g}}} is solvable if its derived series terminates in the zero subalgebra. The derived Lie algebra of the Lie...
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    used to read off the list of simple Lie algebras and Riemannian symmetric spaces. Together with the commutative Lie group of the real numbers, R {\displaystyle...
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    any of several closely related exceptional simple Lie groups, linear algebraic groups or Lie algebras of dimension 248; the same notation is used for the...
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