GroupActions[IsotropySubalgebra] - find the infinitesimal isotropy subalgebra of a Lie algebra of vector fields and the representation of the isotropy subalgebra on the tangent space
Calling Sequences
IsotropySubalgebra(Gamma, p, option)
Parameters
Gamma - a list of vector fields on a manifold M
p - a list of equations x1 = p1, x2 = p2, ... specifying the coordinates of point p ∈ M
option - the optional argument output = O, where O is a list containing the keywords "Vector", "Representation", and/or the name of an initialized abstract algebra for the Lie algebra of vector fields Gamma.
Description
Examples
Let Γ be a Lie algebra of vector fields on a manifold M and letp ∈M. The isotropy subalgebra Γp of the Lie algebra of vector fields Γ at the point p is defined by Γp = {X ∈Γ |Xp= 0}. The Lie bracket of vector fields defines a natural representation ρ of Γp on the tangent space TpM by ρXY = X, Y‾ for X ∈Γp ,Y ∈TpM and Y‾ any vector field on M such that Y‾p =Y. The representation ρ is called the linear isotropy representation.
IsotropySubalgebra(Gamma, p) returns a list of vectors whose span defines the isotropy subalgebra Γpas a subalgebra of Γ.
With output = ["Vector", "Representation"], two lists are returned. The first is a list of vectors giving the isotropy subalgebra Γpas a subalgebra of Γ and the second is the list of matrices defining the linear isotropy representation with respect to the standard basis for TpM.
Let algname be the name of the abstract Lie algebra 𝔤 created from Γ. With output = ["Vector", algname], the second list returned gives the isotropy subalgebra as a subalgebra of the abstract Lie algebra 𝔤.
The command IsotropySubalgebra is part of the DifferentialGeometry:-GroupActions package. It can be used in the form IsotropySubalgebra(...) only after executing the commands with(DifferentialGeometry) and with(GroupActions), but can always be used by executing DifferentialGeometry:-GroupActions:-IsotropySubalgebra(...).
with⁡DifferentialGeometry:with⁡GroupActions:with⁡Library:with⁡LieAlgebras:
Example 1.
We use the Retrieve command to obtain a Lie algebra of vector fields in the paper by Gonzalez-Lopez, Kamran, and Olver from the DifferentialGeometry Library. We compute the isotropy subalgebra and isotropy representation at the points x =0, y = 0 and x =1, y =1.
DGsetup⁡x,y,M:
G≔Retrieve⁡Gonzalez-Lopez,1,5,manifold=M
G:=D_x,D_y,D_x⁢x−D_y⁢y,y⁢D_x,x⁢D_y
L≔LieAlgebraData⁡G,Alg1
L:=e1,e3=e1,e1,e5=e2,e2,e3=−e2,e2,e4=e1,e3,e4=−2⁢e4,e3,e5=2⁢e5,e4,e5=−e3
DGsetup⁡L
Lie algebra: Alg1
MultiplicationTable⁡LieTable
We illustrate some different possible outputs from the IsotropySubalgebra program.
Iso1≔IsotropySubalgebra⁡G,x=0,y=0
Iso1:=D_x⁢x−D_y⁢y,y⁢D_x,x⁢D_y
Iso1,A1≔IsotropySubalgebra⁡G,x=0,y=0,output=Vector,Alg1
Iso1,A1:=D_x⁢x−D_y⁢y,y⁢D_x,x⁢D_y,e3,e4,e5
Iso1,A1,S1≔IsotropySubalgebra⁡G,x=0,y=0,output=Vector,Alg1,Representation
A1≔IsotropySubalgebra⁡G,x=0,y=0,output=Alg1
A1:=e3,e4,e5
Iso2,A2,S2≔IsotropySubalgebra⁡G,x=1,y=1,output=Vector,Alg1,Representation
Note that the vectors in Iso2 all vanish at x =1, y =1.
It is apparent from the multiplication table that the pair Alg1, S1 is a symmetric pair with respect to the complementary subspace T = e1, e2. We can check this with the command Query/"SymmetricPair".
Query⁡A1,e1,e2,SymmetricPair
true
The linear isotropy representation can be converted to a representation.
L2≔LieAlgebraData⁡A1,iso1
L2:=e1,e2=−2⁢e2,e1,e3=2⁢e3,e2,e3=−e1
DGsetup⁡L2
Lie algebra: iso1
ρ≔Representation⁡iso1,M,S1
Query⁡ρ,Representation
See Also
DifferentialGeometry
GroupActions
Library
LieAlgebras
LieAlgebraData
MultiplicationTable
Query
Representation
Retrieve
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