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The differential of Ad is ad

Statement

Assume ACω. Let G be a finite-dimensional real Lie group with Lie algebra g. Under the canonical open-subset identification

TIGL(g)End(g),

the differential of the adjoint representation at the identity is

d(Ad)e(X)=adX(Xg).

Consequently [adX,adY]=ad[X,Y]G. The countable-choice assumption is used exactly through the supplied smooth invariant-field, tangent-bracket, exponential, and vector-field pushforward interfaces.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: ACω, a finite-dimensional real Lie group G with identity e, Lie algebra g=TeG, and X,Yg.

[F1]

ACω is countable choice. The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω).

[F2]

The adjoint map is smooth and satisfies Adg=d(Cg)e. Adjoint is a smooth Lie-group representation, Conjugation and the adjoint representation of a Lie group.

[F3]

Left and right translations are Lg(h)=gh and Rg(h)=hg; the left-invariant extension is YhL=d(Lh)eY. Left and right translations on a Lie group, Left- and right-invariant vector fields, Left-invariant vector fields evaluate isomorphically at the identity.

[F4]

The tangent bracket is characterized by [XL,YL]=[X,Y]GL. Lie bracket on the tangent space of a Lie group.

[F5]

The curve texp(tX) is the one-parameter subgroup and the integral curve of XL through e. One-parameter subgroups are integral curves of left-invariant fields.

[F6]

For the flow Φt of a field Z, LZW=ddt0(Φt)W, and LZW=[Z,W]. The Lie derivative of a vector field, The Lie derivative of a vector field equals the Lie bracket.

[F7]

Diffeomorphism pushforward is defined by its differential on field values. Pushforwards and pullbacks of vector fields by a diffeomorphism.

[F8]

Differentials obey the chain rule. The chain rule for differentials of smooth maps.

[F9]

The adjoint Lie-algebra representation satisfies adX(Y)=[X,Y] and [adX,adY]=ad[X,Y]. Adjoint representation of a Lie algebra.

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

For g,hG, the identity CgLh=LCg(h)Cg and the chain rule show that (Cg)YL=(AdgY)L: at the point Cg(h) both sides equal d(LCg(h))ed(Cg)eY.

F2F3F7F8algebra
1.2

By [F5] and left invariance, Φt(h)=hexp(tX)=Rexp(tX)(h) is the global flow of XL: differentiating Lh(exp(tX)) gives Xhexp(tX)L. Since left and right translations commute, (Ra)YL is left invariant for every a. Therefore left translation fixes that field, and Cexp(tX)=Lexp(tX)Rexp(tX) gives (Cexp(tX))YL=(Rexp(tX))YL.

F3F5F7F8algebra
2.1

Differentiate the last identity of step 1.2 at t=0. By the inverse-time convention and equality in [F6], its right side has derivative LXLYL=[XL,YL]=[X,Y]GL, where the last equality is [F4]. Step 1.1 identifies the left side with (Adexp(tX)Y)L. Evaluating the differentiated fields at e thus yields ddt0Adexp(tX)Y=[X,Y]G.

F4F6step 1.1step 1.2
3.1

The curve texp(tX) has initial velocity X by [F5]. Apply the chain rule [F8] to tAdexp(tX) and then to the linear evaluation map AA(Y). Under TIGL(g)=End(g), step 2.1 becomes (d(Ad)eX)(Y)=[X,Y]G=adX(Y). Since this holds for every Y, d(Ad)eX=adX.

F2F5F8F9step 2.1
4.1

The final commutator identity follows from [F9], now with the map in [F9] identified by step 3.1 with the differential of the group adjoint representation.

F9step 3.1
5.1

A Lie group is nonempty and boundaryless. If dimG=0, every tangent space in the claim is zero; in dimension one the Lie bracket and both sides are zero, while the same proof applies. Degenerate adjoint maps are allowed. The flows are global, so there is no endpoint issue, and no metric occurs. The only choice use is the stated ACω, inherited through [F2]--[F7]; fixing two tangent vectors and differentiating their specified curves adds no choice. No biconditional is asserted.

F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9step 1.1step 1.2step 2.1step 3.1step 4.1

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