Killing form
Let be a finite dimensional Lie algebra over a field , and . Let be the adjoint action, .
The Killing form is invariant (http://planetmath.org/InvariantFormLieAlgebras) under the adjoint action and symmetric (since trace is symmetric).
Title | Killing form |
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Canonical name | KillingForm |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 13:15:47 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 13:15:47 |
Owner | bwebste (988) |
Last modified by | bwebste (988) |
Numerical id | 8 |
Author | bwebste (988) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 17B05 |