Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2010/iii/paper-1/5/b/solution

Define
It contains zero, and implies for every real scalar , by replacing with .
For , we prove closure under addition using the Lie product formula in a Lie group. In the local exponential chart, let . Smooth multiplication has differential at the identity, so Taylor's theorem gives
For each fixed real and all sufficiently large positive integers ,
Every term belongs to , and is closed, proving . Thus is a real vector subspace. It is also closed: if with , continuity of the Exponential map of a Lie group gives for each .
For the Lie bracket, use the Adjoint representation of a Lie group. Conjugating a one-parameter subgroup gives
Consequently . For , linearity puts in . Its limit as is . Closedness of therefore gives , proving that the Lie algebra of a closed subgroup is a Lie subalgebra of .

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