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Fundamentals of direct limit Lie theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 December 2007

Helge Glöckner
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, AG 5, Darmstadt University of Technology, Schlossgartenstrasse 7, 64289 Darmstadt, Germanygloeckner@mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de
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Abstract

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We show that every countable direct system of finite-dimensional real or complex Lie groups has a direct limit in the category of Lie groups modelled on locally convex spaces. This enables us to push all basic constructions of finite-dimensional Lie theory to the case of direct limit groups. In particular, we obtain an analogue of Lie's third theorem: every countable-dimensional locally finite real or complex Lie algebra arises as the Lie algebra of some regular Lie group (a suitable direct limit group).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Foundation Compositio Mathematica 2005