Solution

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In a coordinate chart centred at the identity, smooth multiplication has a local group law
The identity gives and , while associativity gives the functional equation . Smooth inversion determines coordinates with . Changes of local coordinates alter the symmetric part of , whereas its antisymmetric part supplies the coordinate-independent Lie bracket on the tangent space at the identity.

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