special linear group SL(n,C)

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The special linear group SL(n,ℂ) is the Lie group of n×n complex matrices with determinant 1, fundamental in representation theory, geometry, and many areas of modern mathematics and physics.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
SL(n,ℂ) 0
SL(3,ℂ) 2
sl(n,ℂ) 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Lie group
complex Lie group
connected Lie group
linear algebraic group
matrix group
simple Lie group
actsOn ℂⁿ by the defining representation
definedAs {A ∈ Mₙ(ℂ) | det(A) = 1}
{X ∈ Mₙ(ℂ) | tr(X) = 0}
hasBorelSubgroups upper triangular matrices with determinant 1
hasCenter {ζ Iₙ | ζⁿ = 1}
hasCenterIsomorphicTo μₙ (group of n-th roots of unity)
hasConditionOnElements determinant equal to 1
hasDeterminantMapKernelOf det : GL(n,ℂ) → ℂ*
hasDimension n² − 1 (as complex Lie group)
n² − 1 (as complex vector space)
hasElementType n×n complex matrices
hasFundamentalGroup 0 (trivial) for n ≥ 2
hasIdentityElement identity matrix Iₙ
hasLieAlgebra sl(n,ℂ)
hasLieAlgebraCondition trace zero matrices
hasMaximalTorus diagonal matrices with determinant 1
hasParabolicSubgroups block upper triangular determinant 1 matrices
hasQuotient GL(n,ℂ)/SL(n,ℂ) ≅ ℂ×
hasRank n − 1
hasRealDimension 2(n² − 1)
hasRootSystem type A_{n−1}
hasStandardRepresentation n-dimensional complex representation on ℂⁿ
hasUniversalCover itself for n ≥ 2
hasWeylGroup symmetric group Sₙ NERFINISHED
isAlgebraicGroupDefinedOver
isCenterNontrivial true
isConnected true
isDerivedSubgroupOf GL(n,ℂ) NERFINISHED
isFundamentalIn algebraic geometry
differential geometry
representation theory
theoretical physics
isKernelOf determinant homomorphism GL(n,ℂ) → ℂ×
isNormalSubgroupOf GL(n,ℂ) NERFINISHED
isPerfectGroup true
isSimplyConnected true for n ≥ 2
isSimplyLaced true
isSubsetOf GL(n,ℂ) NERFINISHED
isUsedIn conformal field theory
gauge theory
quantum field theory

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lie group hasExample special linear group SL(n,C)
SU(3) hasMaximalCompactSubgroupOf special linear group SL(n,C)
this entity surface form: SL(3,ℂ)
SU(3) isSubgroupOf special linear group SL(n,C)
this entity surface form: SL(3,ℂ)