Dynamical Lie algebra
ID: dynamical-lie-algebra
The dynamical Lie algebra of a finite-dimensional Hamiltonian control system is the real span of its skew-Hermitian drift and control generators and all their nested commutators. The sign choice or gives the same algebra. Its connected group determines reachable propagators under the usual freely timed, real-control assumptions. An operator commuting with every generator also commutes with this algebra, imposing invariant sectors.
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