Let L be a LAVF object which is a Lie algebra. Then IsFlat method returns the Killing form of L, as a KF Maple object.

The returned KF object is for representing the Killing form. A valid KF object can act as a symmetric bilinear operator form and has access to some methods. See Overview of the KF object for more detail.

The input argument LAVF object L is assumed to be Lie algebra (i.e. closed under Lie bracket). To check if a LAVF object is Lie algebra, see IsLieAlgebra for more detail.

This method is associated with the LAVF object. For more detail, see Overview of the LAVF object.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{LieAlgebrasOfVectorFields}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{Typesetting}:-\mathrm{Settings}\left(\mathrm{userep}=\mathrm{true}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{Typesetting}:-\mathrm{Suppress}\left(\left[\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\,\mathrm{\eta }\left(x\,y\right)\right]\right)\:$

$V≔\mathrm{VectorField}\left(\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\mathrm{D}\left[x\right]+\mathrm{\eta }\left(x\,y\right)\mathrm{D}\left[y\right]\,\mathrm{space}=\left[x\,y\right]\right)$

$V≔\mathrm{\xi }\frac{\partial }{\partial x}+\mathrm{\eta }\frac{\partial }{\partial y}$

$\mathrm{E2}≔\mathrm{LHPDE}\left(\left[\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\,y\,y\right)=0\,\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\eta }\left(x\,y\right)\,x\right)=-\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\,y\right)\,\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\eta }\left(x\,y\right)\,y\right)=0\,\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\,x\right)=0\right]\,\mathrm{indep}=\left[x\,y\right]\,\mathrm{dep}=\left[\mathrm{\xi }\,\mathrm{\eta }\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{E2}≔\left[{\mathrm{\xi }}_{y,y}=0\,{\mathrm{\eta }}_x=-{\mathrm{\xi }}_y\,{\mathrm{\eta }}_y=0\,{\mathrm{\xi }}_x=0\right],\mathrm{indep}=\left[x\,y\right],\mathrm{dep}=\left[\mathrm{\xi }\,\mathrm{\eta }\right]$

$L≔\mathrm{LAVF}\left(V\,\mathrm{E2}\right)$

$L≔\left[\mathrm{\xi }\frac{\partial }{\partial x}+\mathrm{\eta }\frac{\partial }{\partial y}\right]\&where\left\{\left[{\mathrm{\xi }}_{y,y}=0\,{\mathrm{\xi }}_x=0\,{\mathrm{\eta }}_x=-{\mathrm{\xi }}_y\,{\mathrm{\eta }}_y=0\right]\right\}$

$\mathrm{IsLieAlgebra}\left(L\right)$

$\mathrm{true}$

$\mathrm{IsFlat}\left(L\right)$

$\mathrm{false}$

The IsFlat command was introduced in Maple 2020.

For more information on Maple 2020 changes, see Updates in Maple 2020.