Langlands decomposition

Langlands decomposition

In mathematics, the Langlands decomposition writes a parabolic subgroup "P" of a semisimple Lie group as a product P=MAN of a reductive subgroup "M", an abelian subgroup "A", and a nilpotent subgroup "N".

ee also

Lie group decompositions

References

* A. W. Knapp, Structure theory of semisimple Lie groups. ISBN 0-8218-0609-2.


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