Lattice in a Lie group
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
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A discrete subgroup $\Gamma$ of a Lie group $G$ such that $G/\Gamma$ has a finite volume relative to the (induced) $G$-invariant measure.
A lattice of dimension $n$ (or rank) $n$ in a vector space $V$ over $\mathbf R$ or $\mathbf C$ is a free Abelian subgroup in $V$ generated by $n$ linearly independent vectors over $\mathbf R$. A subgroup of the additive group of a finite-dimensional vector space $V$ over $\mathbf R$ is discrete if and only if it is a lattice [1].
References
[1] | S.A. Morris, "Pontryagin duality and the structure of locally compact Abelian groups" , London Math. Soc. Lecture Notes , 29 , Cambridge Univ. Press (1977) |
Comments
See also Discrete group of transformations.
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Lattice in a Lie group. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Lattice_in_a_Lie_group&oldid=32811
Lattice in a Lie group. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Lattice_in_a_Lie_group&oldid=32811
This article was adapted from an original article by r group','../u/u095350.htm','Unitary transformation','../u/u095590.htm','Vector bundle, analytic','../v/v096400.htm')" style="background-color:yellow;">A.L. Onishchik (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article