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The Lie-group exponential map is smooth with identity differential at zero
Statement
Assume . For a finite-dimensional real Lie group , the exponential map
is smooth, satisfies , and, under the canonical identification , has differential
The countable-choice assumption is used exactly through the supplied smooth tangent-bundle trivialization and one-parameter-subgroup results.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: and a finite-dimensional real Lie group with identity and Lie algebra .
is countable choice. The Axiom of Countable Choice ().
The exponential map is the total map . Exponential map of a Lie group.
Assuming , the map is a smooth vector-bundle trivialization . Translations are diffeomorphisms and their differentials trivialize the tangent bundle.
Assuming , every determines a unique global one-parameter subgroup , and . One-parameter subgroups are integral curves of left-invariant fields.
The maximal flow of a smooth vector field has open domain, is smooth on that domain, and is uniquely determined by its maximal integral curves. The fundamental theorem on flows.
The scaling identity is for all . Exponential scales one-parameter subgroups.
Every one-parameter subgroup satisfies . One-parameter subgroup of a Lie group.
Differentials of smooth maps obey the chain rule. The chain rule for differentials of smooth maps.
Proof
On the product manifold , define Its first component is the smooth map supplied by [F3], and its second component is the zero field on the vector space . Hence is a smooth vector field on .
For , define by . By [F4], [F8], and , Thus is an integral curve of through and is defined on all of . Every maximal integral curve of is therefore global. By [F5], the global flow is smooth and is
Restricting this smooth flow to and projecting to shows that is smooth. Restricting further to gives the map , which is smooth by [F2].
By [F6] with and [F7], . Fix and consider . Applying [F8] to and then [F6] gives Hence is the identity under .
Lie groups are nonempty and boundaryless. If , then , the exponential maps the unique vector to , and its differential is the identity of the zero space; in dimension one the proof is unchanged. The global curves in step 2.1 remove finite-time endpoint issues. No metric or nondegeneracy condition occurs. The only choice use is the stated , inherited through [F2]--[F4] and especially the smooth tangent-bundle trivialization [F3]; forming one product field and restricting its flow adds no choice. No biconditional is asserted.
Depends on
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
Exponential map of a Lie group
Translations are diffeomorphisms and their differentials trivialize the tangent bundle
One-parameter subgroups are integral curves of left-invariant fields
The fundamental theorem on flows
Exponential scales one-parameter subgroups
One-parameter subgroup of a Lie group
The chain rule for differentials of smooth maps