Cartan subalgebra

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Etymology[edit]

Introduced by Élie Cartan in his doctoral thesis.

Noun[edit]

Cartan subalgebra (plural Cartan subalgebras)

  1. (mathematics) A certain kind of nilpotent subalgebra of a Lie algebra.
    Synonym: CSA
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