Lie algebras of associative algebras #
This file defines the Lie algebra structure that arises on an associative algebra via the ring commutator.
Since the linear endomorphisms of a Lie algebra form an associative algebra, one can define the adjoint action as a morphism of Lie algebras from a Lie algebra to its linear endomorphisms. We make such a definition in this file.
Main definitions #
LieAlgebra.ofAssociativeAlgebra
LieAlgebra.ofAssociativeAlgebraHom
LieModule.toEnd
LieAlgebra.ad
LinearEquiv.lieConj
AlgEquiv.toLieEquiv
Tags #
lie algebra, ring commutator, adjoint action
An associative ring gives rise to a Lie ring by taking the bracket to be the ring commutator.
Equations
- LieRing.ofAssociativeRing = LieRing.mk ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯
We can regard a module over an associative ring A
as a Lie ring module over A
with Lie
bracket equal to its ring commutator.
Note that this cannot be a global instance because it would create a diamond when M = A
,
specifically we can build two mathematically-different bracket A A
s:
@Ring.bracket A _
which says⁅a, b⁆ = a * b - b * a
(@LieRingModule.ofAssociativeModule A _ A _ _).toBracket
which says⁅a, b⁆ = a • b
(and thus⁅a, b⁆ = a * b
)
See note [reducible non-instances]
Equations
- LieRingModule.ofAssociativeModule = LieRingModule.mk ⋯ ⋯ ⋯
Instances For
An associative algebra gives rise to a Lie algebra by taking the bracket to be the ring commutator.
Equations
- LieAlgebra.ofAssociativeAlgebra = LieAlgebra.mk ⋯
A representation of an associative algebra A
is also a representation of A
, regarded as a
Lie algebra via the ring commutator.
See the comment at LieRingModule.ofAssociativeModule
for why the possibility M = A
means
this cannot be a global instance.
Equations
- Module.End.instLieRingModule = LieRingModule.ofAssociativeModule
The map ofAssociativeAlgebra
associating a Lie algebra to an associative algebra is
functorial.
Equations
- f.toLieHom = { toLinearMap := f.toLinearMap, map_lie' := ⋯ }
Instances For
A Lie module yields a Lie algebra morphism into the linear endomorphisms of the module.
See also LieModule.toModuleHom
.
Equations
- LieModule.toEnd R L M = { toFun := fun (x : L) => { toFun := fun (m : M) => ⁅x, m⁆, map_add' := ⋯, map_smul' := ⋯ }, map_add' := ⋯, map_smul' := ⋯, map_lie' := ⋯ }
Instances For
The adjoint action of a Lie algebra on itself.
Equations
- LieAlgebra.ad R L = LieModule.toEnd R L L
Instances For
A subalgebra of an associative algebra is a Lie subalgebra of the associated Lie algebra.
Equations
- lieSubalgebraOfSubalgebra R A A' = { toSubmodule := Subalgebra.toSubmodule A', lie_mem' := ⋯ }
Instances For
A linear equivalence of two modules induces a Lie algebra equivalence of their endomorphisms.
Equations
- e.lieConj = { toLinearMap := ↑e.conj, map_lie' := ⋯, invFun := e.conj.invFun, left_inv := ⋯, right_inv := ⋯ }
Instances For
An equivalence of associative algebras is an equivalence of associated Lie algebras.
Equations
- e.toLieEquiv = { toFun := e.toFun, map_add' := ⋯, map_smul' := ⋯, map_lie' := ⋯, invFun := e.toLinearEquiv.invFun, left_inv := ⋯, right_inv := ⋯ }
Instances For
Given an equivalence e
of Lie algebras from L
to L'
, and an element x : L
, the conjugate
of the endomorphism ad(x)
of L
by e
is the endomorphism ad(e x)
of L'
.