Pauli-coordinate Haar measure on SU(2)
ID: pauli-coordinate-haar-measure-on-su-2
The hemisphere graph of SU(2) as the three-sphere has induced metric , whose determinant is . Its volume density is therefore . Fixed left or right multiplication preserves the Euclidean norm on the four Pauli coefficients, so the round volume is Haar measure. Both hemispheres have volume , giving total volume and normalized density on each hemisphere. The apparent equatorial divergence is an integrable coordinate singularity.
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