Computing with real Lie algebras: real forms, Cartan decompositions, and Cartan subalgebras

DOI10.1016/j.jsc.2013.05.007zbMath1332.17001MaRDI QIDQ2437223

Paolo Faccin, Heiko Dietrich, Willem A. De Graaf

Publication date: 3 March 2014

Published in: Journal of Symbolic Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsc.2013.05.007

zbMATH Keywords

Cartan decomposition; Cartan subalgebras; real simple Lie algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

17B05: Structure theory for Lie algebras and superalgebras

17B20: Simple, semisimple, reductive (super)algebras

17-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to nonassociative rings and algebras

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Uses Software

• GAP
• Magma
• LiE
• CoReLG

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