Euclidean motion Lie algebra in two dimensions ($\mathfrak{iso}(2)$)

The real Lie algebra $\mathfrak{iso}(2)$ is a semidirect product of planar translations with infinitesimal rotations. One orientation convention is $[J,E_1]=-E_2$, $[J,E_2]=E_1$, $[E_1,E_2]=0$. Its translation space is a two-dimensional abelian ideal of a Lie algebra.

In the ordered basis $(J,E_1,E_2)$ of the Euclidean motion Lie algebra in two dimensions, the Killing form has matrix $\mathrm{diag}(-2,0,0)$. Its radical is the translation ideal, and the algebra is solvable rather than semisimple.