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The tangent space at the identity is a Lie algebra
Statement
Assume . If is a finite-dimensional real Lie group with identity , then , equipped with the bracket transported from left-invariant smooth vector fields, is a finite-dimensional real Lie algebra. It is denoted
The countable-choice assumption is used exactly through the supplied invariant-field and smooth-vector-field results.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: and an -dimensional real Lie group with identity .
is countable choice. The Axiom of Countable Choice ().
A Lie group here is a finite-dimensional real smooth manifold. Lie group.
The tangent space of an -manifold is an -dimensional real vector space. The tangent space of an n-manifold has dimension n.
The tangent bracket is , and . Lie bracket on the tangent space of a Lie group.
A finite-dimensional Lie algebra has a bilinear alternating bracket satisfying Jacobi. Finite-dimensional Lie algebra.
Evaluation at is a linear isomorphism from left-invariant smooth fields to . Left-invariant vector fields evaluate isomorphically at the identity.
Smooth vector fields have a bilinear alternating bracket satisfying Jacobi. Smooth vector fields form a Lie algebra under the Lie bracket.
Proof
By [F2] and [F3], is an -dimensional real vector space and hence is finite-dimensional.
Because the inverse of the linear isomorphism in [F6] is linear, . Bilinearity of the field bracket in [F7] and the definition [F4] therefore give , and similarly in the second variable.
Alternation of the field bracket in [F7] gives . Thus the tangent bracket is alternating.
By [F4], the left-invariant extension of is . Consequently the tangent Jacobi expression is the value at of , which vanishes by the vector-field Jacobi identity in [F7].
Steps 1.1--1.4 verify every axiom in [F5], so is a finite-dimensional real Lie algebra. A Lie group is nonempty. If , then and the bracket is the unique zero bracket; if , alternation forces the bracket to vanish, consistently with the proof. No metric or nondegeneracy condition occurs, and the group is boundaryless by convention. The stated is inherited through [F4], [F6], and the smooth-field meaning in [F7]; all algebraic transport is deterministic and adds no choice. The theorem verifies a structure rather than an iff.
Depends on
- The Axiom of Countable Choice ($\mathrm{AC}_\omega$)
- Lie group
- The tangent space of an n-manifold has dimension n
- Lie bracket on the tangent space of a Lie group
- Finite-dimensional Lie algebra
- Left-invariant vector fields evaluate isomorphically at the identity
- Smooth vector fields form a Lie algebra under the Lie bracket
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Sources
- Anthony W. Knapp, Lie Groups Beyond an Introduction, 2nd ed. (standard reference, not scraped)
- Alexander Kirillov Jr., An Introduction to Lie Groups and Lie Algebras (standard reference, not scraped)