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In mathematics, the special linear group SL(n, R) of degree n over a commutative ring R is the set of n × n matrices with determinant 1, with the group operations of ordinary matrix multiplication and matrix inversion. This is the normal subgroup of the general linear group given by the kernel of the determinant
Special groups include the general linear group, the special linear group, and the symplectic group. Special groups are necessarily connected. Products of special groups are special. The projective linear group is not special because there exist Azumaya algebras, which are trivial over a finite separable extension, but not over the base field.
The group GL(n, F) and its subgroups are often called linear groups or matrix groups (the automorphism group GL(V) is a linear group but not a matrix group). These groups are important in the theory of group representations , and also arise in the study of spatial symmetries and symmetries of vector spaces in general, as well as the study of ...
In mathematics, the projective special linear group PSL(2, 7), isomorphic to GL(3, 2), is a finite simple group that has important applications in algebra, geometry, and number theory. It is the automorphism group of the Klein quartic as well as the symmetry group of the Fano plane .
The group GL n (K) itself; The special linear group SL n (K) (the subgroup of matrices with determinant 1); The group of invertible upper (or lower) triangular matrices; If g i is a collection of elements in GL n (K) indexed by a set I, then the subgroup generated by the g i is a linear group.
See Table of Lie groups for a list. General linear group, special linear group. SL 2 (R) SL 2 (C) Unitary group, special unitary group. SU(2) SU(3) Orthogonal group, special orthogonal group. Rotation group SO(3) SO(8) Generalized orthogonal group, generalized special orthogonal group. The special unitary group SU(1,1) is the unit sphere in the ...
This family of groups includes the special linear groups SL(n, R) for n ≥ 3 and the special orthogonal groups SO(p,q) for p > q ≥ 2 and SO(p,p) for p ≥ 3. More generally, this holds for simple algebraic groups of rank at least two over a local field. The pairs (R n ⋊ SL(n, R), R n) and (Z n ⋊ SL(n, Z), Z n) have relative property (T ...
In the preface, the first part of the entire article, it says at the beggining "In mathematics, the general linear group of degree n is the set of n×n invertible matrices" And then in the first section called "General linear group of a vector space" it says this statement that obviously contradicts the former quoted, because matrix is ...