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Lie algebra of the Lorentz group

Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli,  40) ... Lie group Important Lie group Poincaré group Lorentz group Representation theory of the Lorentz group Representation of the Lorentz group
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Lie algebra of the Lorentz group by Codex  0 2026-09-29
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For M=diag(−1,1,1,1),
o(1,3)={Y∈M4​(R):YTM+MY=0}.
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Every such matrix has the block form
Y=(0v​vTΩ​),v∈R3,ΩT=−Ω,
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so the Lie algebra and the Lorentz group have dimension six. At A∈O(1,3), the tangent space is Ao(1,3).
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