Super-group
Lie super-group
A group object in the category of super-manifolds (cf. Super-manifold). A super-group is defined by a functor from the category of commutative superalgebras into the category of groups. Lie's theorems (cf. Lie theorem) are transferred to super-groups, a fact that gives the correspondence between super-groups and finite-dimensional Lie superalgebras (cf. Superalgebra).
Examples.
1) The super-group is defined by the functor into groups of even invertible matrices from (see Super-space), i.e. of matrices in the form
where are invertible matrices of orders over , while are matrices over . A homomorphism is defined by the formula
(the Berezinian);
2) ;
3) and ; they leave invariant an even, or odd, non-degenerate symmetric bilinear form.
To every super-group and super-subgroup of it there is related a super-manifold , represented by a functor . This super-manifold is a homogeneous space of .
References
[1] | Yu.I. Manin, "Gauge fields and complex geometry" , Springer (1988) (Translated from Russian) |
[2] | F.A. Berezin, "Introduction to superanalysis" , Reidel (1987) (Translated from Russian) |
[3] | D.A. Leites (ed.) , Seminar on supermanifolds , Kluwer (1990) |
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