Adjoint action of a Lie algebra on itself #
This file defines the adjoint action of a Lie algebra on itself, and establishes basic properties.
Main definitions #
LieDerivation.ad: The adjoint action of a Lie algebraLon itself, seen as a morphism of Lie algebras fromLto the Lie algebra of its derivations. The adjoint action is also defined in theMathlib.Algebra.Lie.OfAssociative.leanfile, under the nameLieAlgebra.ad, as the morphism with values in the endormophisms ofL.
Main statements #
LieDerivation.coe_ad_apply_eq_ad_apply: when seen as endomorphisms, both definitions coincide,LieDerivation.ad_ker_eq_center: the kernel of the adjoint action is the center ofL,LieDerivation.lie_der_ad_eq_ad_der: the commutator of a derivationDandad xisad (D x),LieDerivation.ad_isIdealMorphism: the range of the adjoint action is an ideal of the derivations.
The adjoint action of a Lie algebra L on itself, seen as a morphism of Lie algebras from
L to its derivations.
Note the minus sign: this is chosen to so that ad ⁅x, y⁆ = ⁅ad x, ad y⁆.
Equations
- LieDerivation.ad R L = { toLinearMap := -LieDerivation.inner R L L, map_lie' := ⋯ }
Instances For
The definitions LieDerivation.ad and LieAlgebra.ad agree.
The kernel of the adjoint action on a Lie algebra is equal to its center.
If the center of a Lie algebra is trivial, then the adjoint action is injective.
The commutator of a derivation D and a derivation of the form ad x is ad (D x).
The range of the adjoint action homomorphism from a Lie algebra L to the Lie algebra of its
derivations is an ideal of the latter.
A derivation D belongs to the ideal range of the adjoint action iff it is of the form ad x
for some x in the Lie algebra L.