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Semisimple Lie Group


A Lie group is called semisimple if its Lie algebra is semisimple. For example, the special linear group SL(n) and special orthogonal group SO(n) (over R or C) are semisimple, whereas triangular groups are not.


See also

Heisenberg Group, Lie Group, Semisimple Lie Algebra

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References

Knapp, A. W. "Group Representations and Harmonic Analysis, Part II." Not. Amer. Math. Soc. 43, 537-549, 1996.Varadarajan, V. S. Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Their Representations. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1984.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Semisimple Lie Group." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SemisimpleLieGroup.html

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