Principal sl2 subalgebra Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
A principal sl2 subalgebra of a semisimple Lie algebra has semisimple generator . Restriction to it packages a representation's weights into ordinary weight strings.
The infinitesimal embedding is a subalgebra of the semisimple Lie algebra; integrating it to a Lie-group homomorphism is a separate group-level construction.
Casimir element Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
The quadratic Casimir element is a central element of . On a highest-weight module of highest weight , one standard normalization makes it act by .
Highest-weight representation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
A highest-weight representation is generated by a weight vector killed by every positive-root subspace.
The generating vector has a highest Weight relative to the chosen positive root system.
Cartan subalgebra Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
For a complex semisimple Lie algebra, a Cartan subalgebra is a maximal abelian subalgebra consisting of semisimple elements. It is also called a maximal torus in this setting.
Simple Lie algebra Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-05
A nonabelian Lie algebra is simple when its only ideals are zero and the entire algebra.
Borel subalgebra Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For a choice of positive roots, the corresponding Borel subalgebra is , the sum of a Cartan subalgebra and all positive root spaces.
Semimartingale decomposition Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A semimartingale has a decomposition into a local martingale and an adapted finite-variation process . Under standard normalizations the decomposition is unique.
Finite-variation process Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-05
A process has finite variation on compact intervals when every sample path has finite total variation of a function there. Such a process can be integrated pathwise by the Lebesgue-Stieltjes integral.
Action integral for a linear-to-square-root potential Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For the even potential
the turning points are for and for . Its action is
Internal effective temperature of a planet Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The internal effective temperature parametrizes the intrinsic cooling luminosity of a planet through .
Irradiation temperature Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The irradiation temperature is defined from the incident stellar flux, commonly by before redistribution and albedo factors are applied.
Algebraic concordance of knots Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Two Seifert forms are algebraically concordant when their difference is metabolic. Stable equivalence classes form the algebraic concordance group.
Seifert matrix Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A Seifert matrix represents the Seifert form in an integral basis of . Its skew-symmetrization represents the intersection form of the surface and is unimodular.
Let count primes at most congruent to modulo eight. Bounding the prime-power divisibility of
above and its size below gives, for all sufficiently large ,
If listed all primes congruent to seven modulo eight, then for the odd number is seven modulo eight. Every prime factor is one or seven modulo eight, at least one is seven, and none is among the , a contradiction.
Change of independent variable in a second-order ODE Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
For , the second derivative transforms as .
Legendre differential equation Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
The equation has polynomial solutions for nonnegative integer .
The equation has the Legendre polynomial of degree as its normalized regular polynomial solution when is a nonnegative integer.
Reduction of order Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Given one nonzero solution of a homogeneous second-order linear equation, reduction of order constructs a second by writing it as a variable multiple of the first.
Variation of parameters Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-14
Variation of parameters replaces the constants in a complementary solution by functions to construct a particular solution.
Wronskian Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24

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