Write for the displayed matrix. The hyperbolic addition identities giveThus matrix multiplication is closed in . It is associative because ordinary matrix multiplication is associative. The identity is , and gives the inverse . Hence .
Moreover, is an injective homomorphism from the additive real numbers, since determines . Therefore ; in particular it is abelian. These matrices are the connected boost subgroup relevant to the component quotient of the real Lorentz group in two dimensions.
Direct multiplication gives , , andThus conjugation by each generator of preserves ; so does conjugation by every product of the generators. Therefore .
Using and its analogue for , every group word can be reduced to with . Consequently the quotient has at most four cosets. They are distinct: a nonidentity diagonal matrix among cannot equal , since a diagonal requires and hence . ThereforeThe three nonidentity cosets all square to , and and commute because commute. HenceEquivalently, is the full real group and its identity component. This is the component quotient of the real Lorentz group in two dimensions; the quotient records the four components, not the continuous boost parameter.