nLab special unitary Lie algebra

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Contents

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

Contents

Idea

The Lie algebra 𝔰𝔲(n)\mathfrak{su}(n) of the special unitary group SU(n)SU(n). Canonically identified with matrices with complex number entries that are skew-hermitean and have vanishing trace.

Examples

References

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