SIGMA 4 (2008), 020, 10 pages      arXiv:0802.2332      https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2008.020
Contribution to the Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference Symmetry in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics

An Infinite Dimensional Approach to the Third Fundamental Theorem of Lie

Richard D. Bourgin and Thierry P. Robart
Department of Mathematics, Howard University, Washington DC 20059, USA

Received November 02, 2007, in final form January 16, 2008; Published online February 16, 2008

Abstract
We revisit the third fundamental theorem of Lie (Lie III) for finite dimensional Lie algebras in the context of infinite dimensional matrices.

Key words: Lie algebra; Ado theorem; integration; Lie group; infinite dimensional matrix; representation.

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