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Zap. Nauchn. Sem. POMI, 1999 Volume 261, Pages 119–124 (Mi znsl1092)

The geometry of the Lie algebra of the orthogonal group $O(\mathbb R^4)$

S. E. Kozlov, M. Yu. Nikanorova

Saint-Petersburg State University

Abstract: In the $6$-dimensional space $\Lambda_2(\mathbb R^4)$ of bivectors a Lie product is introduced analogous to the standard vector product in $\mathbb R^2$. The Lie algebra constructed is proved to be isomorphic to the Lie algebra of the group of orthogonal transformations $O(\mathbb R^4)$. This isomorphism of Lie algebras is a canonical isometry of the space of antisymmetric operators in $\mathbb R^4$ onto $\Lambda_2(\mathbb R^4)$.

UDC: 512.554.31+514.745.2

Received: 18.06.1999


 English version:
Journal of Mathematical Sciences (New York), 2002, 110:4, 2820–2823

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