The exponential map for the conformal group O(2,4)

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/27/15/022MaRDI QIDQ4869894zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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Publication date 8 May 1996

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9408105

zbMATH Keywords

conformal groupLie algebrarepresentationLie grouporthogonal groupsexponential mapHamilton-Cayley theoremspin-gauge transformations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05)

Abstract: We present a general method to obtain a closed, finite formula for the exponential map from the Lie algebra to the Lie group, for the defining representation of the orthogonal groups. Our method is based on the Hamilton-Cayley theorem and some special properties of the generators of the orthogonal group, and is also independent of the metric. We present an explicit formula for the exponential of generators of the $S{O}_{+}(p,q)$ groups, with $p+q=6$, in particular we are dealing with the conformal group $S{O}_{+}(2,4)$, which is homomorphic to the $SU(2,2)$ group. This result is needed in the generalization of U(1) gauge transformations to spin gauge transformations, where the exponential plays an essential role. We also present some new expressions for the coefficients of the secular equation of a matrix.

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