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unitary Lie algebra

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Lie theory

∞-Lie theory

Background

Smooth structure

Higher groupoids

Lie theory

∞-Lie groupoids

∞-Lie algebroids

Formal Lie groupoids

Cohomology

Homotopy

Examples

∞-Lie groupoids

∞-Lie groups

∞-Lie algebroids

∞-Lie algebras

Contents

Idea

The Lie algebra 𝔲(n) of the unitary group U(n). Canonically identified with matrices with complex number entries that are skew-hermitean.

Revised on November 2, 2012 16:36:19 by Urs Schreiber (80.187.201.44)
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