A few comments on Ado's theorem and non-linear Lie groups (Q1668587)
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A few comments on Ado's theorem and non-linear Lie groups (English)
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29 August 2018
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In this survey, the author demonstrates by recourse to examples from the literature that not every Lie group has a faithful, finite dimensional, linear representation. This recalls the failure of Ado's theorem for Lie groups.
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Lie groups
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Lie algebras
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linear Lie groups
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nonlinear Lie groups
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Ado's theorem
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Heisenberg group
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