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Context

Lie theory

∞-Lie theory (higher geometry)

Background

Smooth structure

Higher groupoids

Lie theory

∞-Lie groupoids

∞-Lie algebroids

Formal Lie groupoids

Cohomology

Homotopy

Related topics

Examples

\infty-Lie groupoids

\infty-Lie groups

\infty-Lie algebroids

\infty-Lie algebras

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Idea

The classification of simple Lie groups contains four infinite series of “classical” simple Lie groups:

Apart from this there are five exceptional Lie groups.

graphics grabbed from Schwichtenberg

More generally, other matrix Lie groups, such as the general linear group GL(n)GL(n), may be called “classical”.

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