Rank of a Lie group
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(real or complex)
The (real, respectively, complex) dimension of any Cartan subgroup of it. The rank of a Lie group coincides with the rank of its Lie algebra (see Rank of a Lie algebra). If a Lie group $G$ coincides with the set of real or complex points of a linear algebraic group $\widehat G$, then the rank of $G$ coincides with the rank of $\widehat G$ (cf. Rank of an algebraic group).
References[edit]
| [a1] | R.W. Carter, "Simple groups of Lie type" , Wiley (Interscience) (1972) Chapt. 1 ISBN 0-471-13735-9 |
| [a2] | V.S. Varadarajan, "Lie groups, Lie algebras, and their representations" , Prentice-Hall (1974) MR0376938 Zbl 0371.22001 |
| [a3] | A.W. Knapp, "Representation theory of semisimple groups" , Princeton Univ. Press (1986) MR0855239 Zbl 0604.22001 |
| [a4] | J.E. Humphreys, "Linear algebraic groups" , Springer (1975) pp. Sect. 35.1 MR0396773 Zbl 0325.20039 |
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