Logarithm charts for the compact symplectic group

ID: logarithm-charts-for-the-compact-symplectic-group

The matrix logarithm near the identity maps onto an open set of its real compact symplectic Lie algebra . Its inverse is the matrix exponential. These statements follow by applying the logarithm to and , and differentiating . Left translations provide manifold charts at every group element. In block form with and , giving real dimension .

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