Query[CartanDecomposition] - check that two subspaces in a Lie algebra define a Cartan decomposition.
Calling Sequences
Query()
Parameters
T - a list of vectors, defining a subalgebra of a Lie algebra on which the Killing form is negative-definite.
P - a list of vectors, defining a subspace of a Lie algebra on which the Killing form is positive-definite
Description
Examples
Let g be a semi-simple real Lie algebra. Then g is called compact if the Killing form of g is negative-definite, otherwise g is called non-compact.
A Cartan decomposition is a vector space decomposition g = t ⊕p , where [i] t is a subalgebra, [ii] p is a subspace, [iii] [t, p] ⊆ p, [iv] [p, p] ⊆ t, [v] the Killing form is negative-definite on t and [vi] Killing form is positive-definite on p.
Example 1.
We check to see if some decompositions of are Cartan decompositions. Initialize the Lie algebra .
The decomposition gives a Cartan decomposition.
The decomposition gives a symmetric pair but not a Cartan decomposition.
See Also
DifferentialGeometry
CartanInvolution
Killing
Query[SymmetricPair]
Query[ReductivePair]
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