On Macdonald's formula for the volume of a compact Lie group
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instance of: scholarly article
title: On Macdonald's formula for the volume of a compact Lie group
zbMATH Open document ID: 0897.22011
author: Yoshitake Hashimoto
published in: Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici
publication date: 1998-04-27T00:00:00Z
review text: The formula in the title [\textit{I. G. Macdonald}, Invent. Math. 56, 93-95 (1980; Zbl 0426.22009)] gives the volume of a compact Lie group \(G\) as the product of Lebesgue measure of the Lie algebra modulo the Chevalley lattice times the superficial measures of the odd-dimensional spheres whose product is rational homotopy equivalent to \(G\). The author obtains this formula by decomposing the volume into those of a maximal torus and of the corresponding flag manifold \(G/T\). The latter volume is computed using the top term of the Todd class.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 22E15
zbMATH DE Number: 1129404
zbMATH Keywords: compact Lie group
zbMATH Keywords: Lebesgue measure
zbMATH Keywords: Lie algebra
zbMATH Keywords: maximal torus
zbMATH Keywords: flag manifold
reviewed by: Rainer Löwen
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
full work available at URL: s000140050040
OpenAlex ID: W1986292941
Wikidata QID: Q115390068
DOI: 10.1007/S000140050040
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