Abelian Lie algebra Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A Lie algebra is abelian when every Lie bracket vanishes.
Commutator Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The commutator of two elements of an associative algebra is . Matrix Lie algebras use the commutator as their Lie bracket.
Lie algebra Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
A Lie algebra over a field is a vector space with a bilinear operation , called the Lie bracket, that is alternating and satisfies the Jacobi identity.
Nijenhuis tensor Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The Nijenhuis tensor of an almost complex manifold is
It measures the failure of the tangent distribution to be closed under the Lie bracket.
For the trace trilinear form of a Lie algebra representation, the trace of a commutator vanishes:
Taking , , , and expanding each Lie bracket gives
Since is antisymmetric in ,
Raising indices with the inverse Killing form gives in the stated normalization. Using proves
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