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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID
math_lie_group_to_gauge
Relation type
Mathematical formulation mathematical-formulation
Direction
source → target
Endpoint roles
source: Mathematically formulates; target: Mathematically formulated using
Authored annotation
gauge symmetry group
Authored explanation
Gauge theories use Lie groups to encode local symmetry transformations and classify gauge fields and matter representations.
How to interpret this relation type
A mathematical concept supplies part of the formal language, state space, representation, or analytic machinery used by a scientific or mathematical-physics concept. The source is the mathematical predecessor; this does not claim that physical content follows from mathematics alone.
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID
lie_group_to_lie_algebra
Relation type
Canonical construction canonical-construction
Direction
source → target
Endpoint roles
source: Canonically constructs; target: Canonically constructed from
Authored annotation
differentiate at the identity
Authored explanation
Take the tangent space at the identity with the bracket induced by left-invariant vector fields.
How to interpret this relation type
Apply a standard functorial or canonical construction whose output is not merely a reduct of the input and is not generally an equivalent presentation of the same object.
Relation sources
nLab — Lie group — Lie group · reference · source ID nlab-lie-group
This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.
Relation ID
liegroup_to_symmetry
Relation type
Mathematical formulation mathematical-formulation
Direction
source → target
Endpoint roles
source: Mathematically formulates; target: Mathematically formulated using
Authored annotation
continuous symmetry groups
Authored explanation
Continuous physical symmetries are modeled by Lie groups.
How to interpret this relation type
A mathematical concept supplies part of the formal language, state space, representation, or analytic machinery used by a scientific or mathematical-physics concept. The source is the mathematical predecessor; this does not claim that physical content follows from mathematics alone.