Lie algebra
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English
Etymology
Named in honor of Sophus Lie (1842–1899), a Norwegian mathematician, in the 1930s by Hermann Weyl.
Pronunciation
Noun
Lie algebra (plural Lie algebras)
- (mathematics) An algebra over a field whose bilinear product is alternating (or, equivalently for a bilinear product, anticommutative) and satisfies the Jacobi identity. Such a bilinear product is called a Lie bracket.
Derived terms
Translations
algebraic structure
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