§ 1. Lie groups
1. Definition of a Lie group
Let G be a set. A group structure and an analytic K-manifold structure on G are called compatible if the following condition holds: (GL) The mapping of into G is analytic.
Definition 1
A Lie group over K is a set G with a group structure and an analytic K-manifold structure such that these two structures are compatible.
A Lie group over (resp. , ) is called a real (resp. complex, -adic) Lie group.
Let G be a group with an analytic manifold structure. For in G,
(GL) for all , the mapping of G into G is analytic; (GL) for all , the mapping of G into G is analytic in an open neighbourhood of ; (GL) the mapping of into G is analytic in an open neighbourhood of .
Let G be a Lie group. For all , and are automorphisms of the underlying manifold of G. It follows that this manifold is pure (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.1.7). In particular, the dimension of G at is equal to for all (recall that is an integer or ).
Since an analytic mapping is continuous, a Lie group is a topological group with the underlying topology of its manifold structure. Let G be a set. A topological group structure and an analytic K-manifold structure on G are called compatible if the group structure and the manifold structure are compatible and the topology on G is the topology underlying the manifold structure.
Lemma 1
Let G be a Lie group, U an open neighbourhood of e, E a complete normed space and a chart of the manifold G. There exists a neighbourhood W of e contained in U such that is an isomorphism of W (with the right uniform structure) onto (with the uniform structure induced by that on E).
It can be assumed that . Let . Let be the inverse mapping of . Let V be a symmetric open neighbourhood of e such that and let . We define mappings of into as follows:
for all in . Writing , we obtain
For , let be the set of ordered pairs such that . The form a fundamental system of entourages in . We write . Let be the set of ordered pairs such that . The form a fundamental system of entourages in with the right uniform structure. But relation (2) proves that
and hence has the property of the lemma.
Proposition 1
A Lie group is a complete metrizable topological group.
Since admits an open neighbourhood homeomorphic to an open ball of a normed space, admits a countable fundamental system of neighbourhoods whose intersection is . Hence is metrizable (General Topology, Chapter III, § 1, Corollary to Proposition 2 and Chapter IX, § 3, Proposition 1). By Lemma 1, there exists a neighbourhood of which is complete under the right uniform structure and hence is complete (General Topology, Chapter III, § 3, Proposition 4).
Proposition 2
Let be a Lie group.* (i) If or , is locally connected. (ii) If is distinct from and , is zero-dimensional (General Topology, Chapter IX, § 6, Definition 5). (iii) Suppose that is locally compact. For to be locally compact, it is necessary and sufficient that be finite-dimensional. (iv) *If is generated by a subspace whose topology admits a countable base, then the topology on admits a countable base.
Let be a neighbourhood of . There exists an open neighbourhood of contained in and homeomorphic to an open ball of a normed space over . If or , is connected, which proves (i). Suppose that is ultrametric. There exists a neighbourhood of which is closed in and such that . Then there exists a neighbourhood of such that and is open and closed relative to . Then is closed relative to and hence and open relative to and hence . This proves (ii). For to be locally compact, it is necessary and sufficient that be locally compact; if is locally compact, this amounts to saying that is finite-dimensional (Topological Vector Spaces, Chapter I, § 2, Theorem 3), whence (iii). Suppose that is generated by a subset and let ; then
if there exists a sequence dense in , we see that there exists a sequence dense in G and, as G is metrizable (Proposition 1), the topology on G admits a countable base.
Corollary
If K = R or C and G is connected and finite-dimensional, then G is locally connected and locally compact and its topology admits a countable base.
Lemma 2
Let X be a manifold of class C^r, e a point of X, U and V open neighbourhoods of e and m a mapping of class C^r of U × U into X satisfying the following conditions: (a) m(e, x) = m(x, e) = x for all x ∈ U; (b) V ⊂ U, m(V × V) ⊂ U and m(m(x, y), z) = m(x, m(y, z)) for all x, y, z in V.
Then there exists an open neighbourhood W of e in V and an automorphism θ of the manifold W such that θ(e) = e, θ(θ(x)) = x and m(x, θ(x)) = m(θ(x), x) = e for all x ∈ W.
m(e, y) = y for all y ∈ U and hence, by the implicit function theorem, there exists an open neighbourhood W_1 of e in V and a mapping θ_1 of class C^r of W_1 into V such that θ_1(e) = e, m(x, θ_1(x)) = e for all x ∈ W_1. Similarly, there exists an open neighbourhood W_2 of e in V and a mapping θ_2 of class C^r of W_2 into V such that θ_2(e) = e, m(θ_2(x), x) = e for all x ∈ W_2. For x ∈ W_1 ∩ W_2,
Let θ(x) be the common value of θ_1(x) and θ_2(x) for x ∈ W_1 ∩ W_2. Let W be the set of x ∈ W_1 ∩ W_2 such that θ(x) ∈ W_1 ∩ W_2. The set W is open. For x ∈ W,
and hence θ(x) ∈ W. We see that θ | W defines an automorphism of the manifold W.
Proposition 3
Let X be an analytic manifold and m an analytic associative law of composition on X admitting an identity element. The set G of invertible elements of X is open in X and G is a Lie group with m | (G × G) and the manifold structure induced by that on X.
By Lemma 2, G is a neighbourhood of the identity element. For all g ∈ G, the mapping x ↦ m(g, x) is an automorphism of the manifold X. Hence the image of G under this mapping is a neighbourhood of g, obviously contained in G. Therefore G is open in X. Clearly conditions (GL_1) and (GL_2) hold. Condition (GL_3) holds by Lemma 2.
Examples of Lie groups
(1) Let E be a complete normable space over K. The mapping (x, y) ↦ x − y of E × E into E is continuous and linear and hence analytic.
Hence E, with its additive group and analytic manifold structures, is a Lie group.
In particular, K is a Lie group.
(2) Let A be a complete normable unital associative algebra over K. The multiplication of into A is bilinear and continuous and hence analytic. Proposition 3 shows that the group of invertible elements of A is open in A (which also follows from General Topology, Chapter IX, § 3, Proposition 13) and that is a Lie group.
For example, let E be a complete normable space over K and let (General Topology, Chapter IX, § 3, Proposition 5). Then is the automorphism group of E. This group therefore has canonically a Lie group structure over K. More particularly, , with the manifold structure induced by that on , is a Lie group. For , we see that the multiplicative group is a Lie group with the manifold structure induced by that on K.
(3) Let G be a Lie group over K. Let or or a non-discrete complete ultrametric field and an isomorphism of the valued field onto a valued subfield of K. Then the group G, with the -manifold structure obtained by restriction of scalars, is a Lie group over , which is said to be derived from the Lie group G by restriction of scalars (from K to by means of ). For example, every complex Lie group has canonically a real Lie group structure. Again, with every complex Lie group G is associated a complex Lie group called the conjugate of G, derived from G by means of the automorphism of .
2. Morphisms of Lie groups
Definition 2
Let G and H be Lie groups. A Lie group morphism of G into H (or simply a morphism of G into H if no confusion can arise) is a mapping of G into H which is a group homomorphism and is analytic. The automorphism group of G is denoted by .*.
The identity mapping of G is a morphism. The composition of two morphisms is a morphism. If and are two inverse morphisms, and are Lie group isomorphisms.
Example
(1) Let G be a Lie group. For all , is an automorphism of the Lie group G.
(2) Let G be a Lie group. Let denote the opposite group to G, with the same manifold structure as G. It is immediate that is a Lie group (called the opposite Lie group to G) and that the mapping is an isomorphism of the Lie group G onto the Lie group .
(3) Let G be a Lie group and E a complete normable space. An analytic linear representation of G on E (or simply a linear representation of G on E when no confusion can arise) is a morphism of the Lie group G into the Lie group , in other words an analytic mapping of G into such that for in G. Suppose that E admits a finite basis over K; let be the dual basis; let be a homomorphism of the group G into the group ; then the following conditions are equivalent: (i) is an analytic linear representation; (ii) for all and , the function on G is analytic; (iii) for all i and j, the function on G is analytic. For the implications (i) (ii) (iii) are clear. On the other hand, the functions form a coordinate system on ; hence their restrictions to form a coordinate system on , whence the implication (iii) (i).
Let G be a real Lie group, E a real complete normable space and a homomorphism of the group G into the group . We shall see in § 8, Theorem 1 that, if is continuous (when has the topology derived from the norm on ), then is analytic. But note that this notion of continuity is different from that considered in Integration, Chapter VIII, § 2, Definition 1 (iii) (Exercise 1).
(4) Let G be a real Lie group and E a complex complete normable space. An analytic linear representation of G on E is a morphism of G into the underlying real Lie group of .
Proposition 4
Let G and H be Lie groups and f a homomorphism of the group G into the group H. For f to be analytic, it is necessary and sufficient that there exist a non-empty open subset U of G such that is analytic.
The condition is obviously necessary. Suppose that it holds. For all , for all and hence is analytic. But the sets , where , form an open covering of G.
Remark
If f is an immersion at e (resp. a submersion at e), clearly f is an immersion (resp. a submersion).
3. Lie subgroups
Let G be a Lie group and H a subgroup of G which is at the same time a submanifold of G. Then the mapping of into G is analytic and hence the mapping of into H is analytic. (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.8.5). Thus H, with the group and manifold structures induced by those on G, is a Lie group.
Definition 3
Let G be a Lie group. A subset H of G is called a Lie subgroup if H is a subgroup and a submanifold of G.
An open subgroup of G is a Lie subgroup of G. In particular, if G is a real or complex Lie group, its identity component is a Lie subgroup of G.
Proposition 5
Let G be a Lie group and H a Lie subgroup of G. (i) H is closed in G. (ii) The canonical injection of H into G is a Lie group morphism. (iii) Let L be a Lie group and f a mapping of L into G such that f(L) ⊂ H. For f to be a morphism of L into H, it is necessary and sufficient that f be a morphism of L into G.
By Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.8.3, H is locally closed. Hence H is closed (General Topology, Chapter III, § 2, Proposition 4). Assertion (ii) is obvious. Assertion (iii) follows from Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.8.5.
Proposition 6
Let G be a Lie group and H a subgroup of G. For H to be a Lie subgroup of G, it is necessary and sufficient that there exist a point h ∈ H and an open neighbourhood U of h in G such that H ∩ U is a submanifold of G.
The condition is obviously necessary. Suppose that it holds. For all h' ∈ H, the translation γ(h'h^{-1}) is an automorphism of the manifold G and maps the submanifold H ∩ U of U into the submanifold (h'h^{-1}H) ∩ (h'h^{-1}U) of h'h^{-1}U. As h'h^{-1}H = H and h'h^{-1}U is an open neighbourhood of h' in G, we see that every point of H has an open neighbourhood V such that V ∩ H is a submanifold of G. Hence H is a submanifold of G.
Let G be a Lie group and H a Lie subgroup of G. If L is a Lie subgroup of H, L is a Lie subgroup of G by Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.8.6. Let M be a Lie subgroup of G such that M ⊂ H. Then M is a Lie subgroup of H, for the canonical injection of M into H is obviously an immersion.
Let k be a non-discrete closed subfield of K. A Lie k-subgroup of G is a Lie subgroup of the underlying Lie k-group of G.
Remark
If "submanifold" is replaced by "quasi-submanifold" in Definition 3, we obtain the definition of Lie quasi-subgroups of G. (For finite-dimensional G, the Lie quasi-subgroups are just the Lie subgroups.) Suppose that K is of characteristic 0. Proposition 5 remains valid with the same proof for Lie quasi-subgroups. Proposition 6 remains valid with the same proof, replacing "Lie subgroup" by "Lie quasi-subgroup" and "submanifold" by "quasi-submanifold".
4. Semi-direct products of Lie groups
Let I be a finite set and (L_i)_{i \in I} a family of Lie groups. The group and manifold structures on L = \prod_{i \in I} L_i are compatible and L thus has a Lie group structure. L is called the product Lie group of the family of Lie groups (L_i)_{i \in I}.
Let L and M be Lie groups and σ a homomorphism of L into the automorphism group of the group M. Let S be the external semi-direct product of L by M relative to σ (Algebra, Chapter I, § 6, no. 1, Definition 2).
Proposition 7
If the mapping* of into is analytic, the group , with the product manifold structure of and , is a Lie group.
For in and in ,
whence the proposition.
If the conditions of Proposition 7 hold, the Lie group is called the (external) semi-direct product Lie group of by relative to .
Clearly the canonical injection of (resp. ) into is an isomorphism of (resp. ) onto a Lie subgroup of which we identify with (resp. ). The canonical mapping of onto is a Lie group morphism.
Conversely, let be a Lie group and , two Lie subgroups such that the group is (algebraically) the semi-direct product of by (Algebra, Chapter I, § 6, no. 1). We write for and . Then satisfies the conditions of Proposition 7. We can therefore form the semi-direct product Lie group of by relative to . The mapping of onto is a group isomorphism and is analytic. If is a Lie group isomorphism, the Lie group is called the (internal) semi-direct product of by and and are identified. For all , we write , where and . For the Lie group to be the semi-direct product of by , it is necessary and sufficient that one of the mappings and be analytic, in which case both are analytic; or alternatively, it is necessary and sufficient that be the topological direct sum of and (for, if this condition holds, is étale at ).
Example
Let be a normable space, , the translation group of and the permutation group of generated by and . The group is algebraically the semi-direct product of by . (If is finite-dimensional, is the affine group of , cf. Algebra, Chapter II, § 9, no. 4). Let be the identity linear representation of on and the external semi-direct product of by relative to . For all , let be the translation of defined by . The mapping is isomorphism of the group onto the group . The mapping of into is continuous and bilinear and hence analytic; its restriction to is therefore analytic. Thus the group , with the product manifold structure of and , is a Lie group. We transport this structure to by means of . Then becomes a Lie group, the internal semi-direct product of by as a Lie group.
Proposition 8
Let* and be Lie groups, and Lie group morphisms such that and . Then is a Lie subgroup of , s is an isomorphism of onto a Lie subgroup of and the Lie group is the internal semi-direct product of by .
and hence (resp. ) is a submersion (resp. an immersion). By Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.10.5, N is a Lie subgroup of G. On the other hand, is a homeomorphism of H onto and hence is an isomorphism of H onto a Lie subgroup of G (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.8.3). Finally, for all , for some ; as is analytic, the Lie group G is the semi-direct product of by N.
5. Quotient of a manifold by a Lie group
Let G be a Lie group, X a manifold of class and a law of left operation (Algebra, Chapter I, § 5, no. 1) of class of G on X. For all , let denote the automorphism of X defined by g. For all , let denote the orbital mapping of G into X defined by x. Then
for all and . Hence
Proposition 9
Let and .
(i) If is an immersion (resp. a submersion, a subimmersion) at , then, for all , is an immersion (resp. a submersion, a subimmersion).
(ii) If is of rank k at , then for all , is of constant rank equal to k.
This follows immediately from formulae (4) and (5) since and are isomorphisms.
Corollary
Let . If K is of characteristic 0 and X is finite-dimensional, is a subimmersion. If further is injective, is an immersion.
This follows from Proposition 9 and Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.10.6.
Observe that, if denotes the mapping of into X, then, for ,
that is
Proposition 10
Let G be a Lie group and X a manifold of class with a law of left operation of class of G on X. Suppose that:
(a) the group G operates properly and freely on X;
(b) for all , is an immersion (which is a consequence of (a) if K is of characteristic 0 and X is finite-dimensional).
Then the equivalence relation defined by G on X is regular (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.9.5). There exists on the quotient set X/G one and only one manifold structure such that the canonical mapping is a submersion. The underlying topology of this manifold structure is the quotient topology of that on X; it is Hausdorff. Finally, is a principal left fibre bundle.\footnote{† The principal fibre bundles defined in Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 6.2.1 are principal right fibre bundles. The definition of principal left fibre bundles can be deduced from this in an obvious way.}
Let be the mapping of into . This mapping is of class . We show that it is an immersion. For and , by (6),
But is injective by hypothesis (b) and hence is injective. Its image is the topological direct sum of the subspace consisting of the vectors for and the subspace
By hypothesis (b), admits a topological supplement in . Hence the image of admits the topological supplement . Hence we have proved that is an immersion of in .
As G operates freely on X, is injective. Let C be the graph of the equivalence relation R defined by G on X. As G operates properly, is a homeomorphism of onto C (General Topology, Chapter I, § 10, Proposition 2). By Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.8.3, it is a submanifold of and is an isomorphism of the manifold onto the manifold C. The tangent space is identified with
Let pr and pr be the canonical projections of onto the two factors. It is immediate that maps onto and that the kernel of is . Thus is a submersion of C onto X. By Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.9.5, R is regular. By definition, there therefore exists on the quotient set X/G one and only one manifold structure such that is a submersion. The underlying topology of X/G is the quotient topology of that of X (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.9.4). This topology is Hausdorff (General Topology, Chapter III, § 4, Proposition 3).
For all , there exist an open neighbourhood W of b and a morphism such that (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.9.1). Let be the bijection of onto . It is of class . Then and
and hence the inverse bijection of is of class . Clearly for . Hence is a principal left fibre bundle.
Remark
With the above hypotheses, further let be a manifold of class and a mapping of class of into such that for . Let be the mapping of into derived from by taking quotients. We show that is of class . Consider the diagram
It is commutative, is of class and is a surjective submersion; it then suffices to apply Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.9.5.
Let be a Lie group, a manifold of class and a law of right operation of class of on . Let for . Then this time
On the other hand, if denotes the mapping of into , formula (6) remains valid. Proposition 9, its Corollary and Proposition 10 remain equally true (with "principal left fibre bundle" replaced by "principal right fibre bundle" in the last).
6. Homogeneous spaces and quotient groups
Proposition 11
Let be a Lie group and a Lie subgroup of .
(i) There exists on the homogeneous set one and only one analytic manifold structure such that the canonical projection of onto is a submersion. The law of operation of on is analytic. For all , the kernel of is obtained from by .
(ii) If is normal in , is a Lie group with its group structure and the manifold structure defined in (i). The mapping is a Lie group morphism.
By General Topology, Chapter III, § 4, no. 1, Example 1, operates properly and freely on by right translation. Hence the first assertion of (i) follows from
Proposition 10 of no. 5. The second follows from the Remark of no. 5. Since is a submersion, the kernel of is the tangent space at to
Suppose that is normal. Let be the mapping of into . Then for all in . Hence is analytic. As is a surjective submersion, is analytic (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R. 5.9.5), whence (ii).
The homogeneous set with the manifold structure defined in (i) is called the quotient (left) Lie homogeneous space of by . The (right) Lie homogeneous space is defined analogously. When is normal, the Lie group defined in (ii) is called the quotient Lie group of by .
Proposition 12
Let be a Lie group and a non-empty analytic manifold with a law of analytic left operation of on . For all , let be the orbital mapping by and the stabilizer of in . The following conditions are equivalent: (i) there exists such that is a surjective submersion; (i') for all , is a surjective submersion; (ii) there exists such that is a Lie subgroup of and the canonical mapping of into is a manifold isomorphism; (ii') for all , is a Lie subgroup of and the canonical mapping of into is a manifold isomorphism; (iii) the mapping of into is a surjective submersion.
As the canonical mapping of onto is a submersion, the equivalences (i) (ii), (i') (ii') are immediate. (i) (i') by Proposition 9 of no. 5. The equivalence (i') (iii) follows from formula (7) of no. 5.
Under the conditions of Proposition 12, is called a (left) Lie homogeneous space of . Right Lie homogeneous spaces of are defined analogously.
Example
Let be a Lie group. We make operate on on the left by . Let be the orbital mapping of . Then the restrictions of to and to
Proposition 13
Let be a Lie group, a normal Lie subgroup of , a manifold of class and a law of left operation of class of on . Suppose that conditions (a) and (b) of Proposition 10 hold.
(i) The law of left operation of on satisfies conditions (a) and (b) of Proposition 10 (so that we can consider the quotient manifolds and ).
(ii) The law of left operation of on defines on taking quotients a law of left operation of class of on ; this law satisfies conditions (a) and (b) of Proposition 10 (so that we can consider the quotient manifold ).
(iii) The canonical mapping of onto defines on taking quotients a bijection of onto . This bijection is an isomorphism of manifolds of class .
Clearly operates freely on ; it operates properly by General Topology, Chapter III, § 4, no. 1, Example 1. The orbital mappings of on are immersions since the canonical injection of into is an immersion. This proves (i).
The law of left operation of on obviously defines, on taking quotients, a law of left operation of on . This law is of class by Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.9.6. Let and be such that ; then and hence and ; this proves that operates freely on . The mapping of into is closed; on the other hand, ; it follows immediately that the mapping
of into is closed; as moreover operates freely on , Theorem 1 (c) of General Topology, Chapter I, § 10, no. 2 proves that operates properly on .
Let be the canonical mapping of onto , the canonical mapping of onto , an element of and .
Then and hence
Let be such that . There exists such that . Then , hence is tangent to (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.10.5) and therefore is of the form for some . As is injective, it follows that , whence and therefore . Thus is injective. The image of is equal to that of ; now the image of admits a topological supplement in and contains the kernel of . It is therefore seen that is an immersion, which completes the proof of (ii).
Assertion (iii) follows from the above and Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.9.7.
Corollary
Let G be a Lie group and H and L normal Lie subgroups of G with L ⊂ H. Then H/L is a normal Lie subgroup of G/L and the canonical bijection of G/H onto (G/L)/(H/L) is a Lie group isomorphism.
7. Orbits
Proposition 14
Let G be a Lie group, X an analytic manifold and (g, x) ↦ gx a law of analytic left operation of G on X. Let x ∈ X. Suppose that the corresponding orbital mapping ρ(x) is a subimmersion (which is always the case if K is of characteristic 0 and X is finite-dimensional (Corollary to Proposition 9)). Let G_x be the stabilizer of x in G. (i) G_x is a Lie subgroup and T_e(G_x) = Ker T_e(ρ(x)). (ii) The canonical mapping i_x of the homogeneous space G/G_x into X is an immersion with image Gx. (iii) If further the orbit Gx is locally closed and the topology on G admits a countable base, then Gx is a submanifold of X, i_x is an isomorphism of the manifold G/G_x onto the manifold Gx and T_x(Gx) = Im T_e(ρ(x)).
The inverse image of x under ρ(x) is G_x. As ρ(x) is a subimmersion, G_x is a submanifold and, for all g ∈ G, the tangent space J to gG_x = ρ_{(x)}^{-1}(gx) at g is Ker T_g(ρ(x)) (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.10.5), whence (i). Let π: G → G/G_x be the canonical mapping. Then i_x ∘ π = ρ(x). As G/G_x is a quotient manifold of G, this equality proves that i_x is analytic. Further, the kernels of T_g(ρ(x)) and T_g(π) are both equal to J. Hence T_{π(g)}(i_x) is injective. The image of T_{π(g)}(i_x) is equal to the image of T_g(ρ(x)) and hence admits a topological supplement. This proves (ii).
Suppose that Gx is locally closed. Every point of Gx then has a neighbourhood in Gx which is homeomorphic to a closed subspace of a complete metric space and hence is a Baire space. Hence Gx is a Baire space (General Topology, Chapter IX, § 5, Proposition 4). If G has a countable base, i_x is therefore a homeomorphism of G/G_x onto Gx (General Topology, Chapter IX, § 5). Then by (ii) and Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.8.3, i_x is an isomorphism of the manifolds G/G_x onto the manifold Gx and
Remark
Let G be a finite-dimensional Lie group, X a manifold of class C^r and (g, x) ↦ gx a law of left operation of class C^r of G on X. Then Proposition 14 remains valid. The only point which needs a different proof is the fact that G_x is a Lie subgroup. But if r ≠ ω, K = \mathbf{R}; as clearly G_x is closed, G_x is a Lie subgroup by § 8, Theorem 2.
Corollary
Let G be a Lie group whose topology admits a countable base and X a non-empty finite-dimensional analytic manifold with a law of analytic left operation of G on X. Suppose that G operates transitivity on X and that K is of characteristic 0. Then X is a Lie homogeneous space for G.
Let x ∈ X. The orbit of x, equal to X, is closed and we can therefore apply Proposition 14 (iii).
8. Vector bundles with operators
Let G be a Lie group, X a manifold of class C^r and (g, x) ↦ gx a law of left operation of class C^r of G on X. Let E be a vector bundle of class C^r, with base space X and π : E → X the projection of E onto X. For all x ∈ X, let E_x be the fibre of E at x. Let (g, u) ↦ gu be a law of left operation of G on E such that π is compatible with the operations of G on X and on E. For all g ∈ G and all x ∈ X, the restriction to E_x of the mapping u ↦ gu is a bijection ψ_{g, x} of E_x onto E_{gx}. We shall assume that, for all g ∈ G and all x ∈ X, ψ_{g, x} is continuous and linear and hence is an isomorphism of the normable space E_x onto the normable space E_{gx}.
Let φ be the automorphism (g, x) ↦ (g, gx) of the manifold G × X. Let p be the canonical projection of G × X onto X and E' the inverse image of E under p. Let ψ : E' → E' be the mapping the sum of the ψ_{g, x} : E'_{(g, x)} → E'_{(g, gx)}.
Definition 4
If ψ is a φ-morphism of vector bundles of class C^r, E is called a vector G-bundle of class C^r.
In other words, E is a vector G-bundle of class C^r if for all (g_0, x_0) ∈ G × X the following condition holds: there exists an open neighbourhood U of (g_0, x_0) in G × X such that, if E' | U (resp. E' | φ(U)) is identified with a trivial vector bundle of fibre M (resp. N) by means of a vector chart, the mapping (g, x) ↦ ψ_{g, x} of U into L(M, N) is of class C^r.
The mapping ψ is obviously bijective and it follows from the above local criterion that ψ^{-1} is a φ^{-1}-morphism of vector bundles so that ψ is a φ-isomorphism of vector bundles.
A trivial vector G-bundle of base X is a vector bundle X × F (where F is a complete normable space) with the law of operation (g, (x, f)) ↦ (gx, f) of G on X × F.
We again assume the hypotheses and notation preceding Definition 4 and further take τ to be a vector functor of class C^r for isomorphisms (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 7.6.6). Then τE is a vector bundle with base space X. For all x ∈ X, its fibre (τE)_x is equal to τ(E_x). For all normable spaces N_1, N_2, let Isom(N_1, N_2) denote the set of isomorphisms of N_1 onto N_2. If g ∈ G, then
The τ(ψ_{g, x}) define a law of left operation (g, u) ↦ gu of G on τE and the canonical projection of τE onto X is compatible with the operations of G on X and τE.
Proposition 15
If E is a vector G-bundle of class C^r, τE is a vector G-bundle of class C^r*.
Let g_0, x_0, U, M, N be as in the paragraph following Definition 4. Then the mapping (g, x) ↦ τ(ψ_{g,x}) of U into is the composition of the mapping (g, x) ↦ ψ_{g,x} of U into and the mapping f ↦ τ(f) of Isom(M, N) into Isom(τM, τN); these two mappings are of class C^r and hence so is their composition, whence the proposition.
Proposition 16
Let G be a Lie group, X a manifold of class C^r (r ≥ 2) and (g, x) ↦ gx a law of left operation of class C^r of G on X, whence, by transporting the structure, there is a law of left operation of G on TX. Under this law, TX is a vector G-bundle of class C^{r-1}.
Let pr_1 (resp. pr_2) be the canonical projection of G × X onto G (resp. X) and let E_1 (resp. E_2) be the inverse image of TG (resp. TX) relative to pr_1 (resp. pr_2). Then the vector bundle T(G × X) is the direct sum of E_1 and E_2. Let i: E_2 → T(G × X) and q: T(G × X) → E_2 be the canonical vector bundle morphisms defined by this decomposition into a direct sum. Let φ be the mapping (g, x) ↦ (g, gx) of G × X into G × X. Then the mapping denoted by ψ in Definition 4 (where we put E = TX) is just q ∘ T(φ) ∘ i. But T(φ) is a φ-morphism of vector bundles of class C^{r-1} (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 8.1.2).
Corollary
If τ is a vector functor of class C^r for isomorphisms, τ(TX) is a vector G-bundle of class C^{r-1}.
This follows from Propositions 15 and 16.
Remark 1
If τ is a vector functor of class C^r for isomorphisms in finite dimension and E is of finite rank, τE is defined similarly and Proposition 15 remains valid; the Corollary to Proposition 16 remains valid provided X is finite-dimensional.
Example
With the hypotheses and notation of Proposition 16, let F be a complete normable space. Then is a vector G-bundle of class C^{r-1}; so is Alt^p(TX; F) if K is of characteristic zero or X is finite-dimensional (Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 7.7, 7.8). If X is finite-dimensional, is a vector G-bundle of class C^{r-1}.
Proposition 17
Let G be a Lie group, X a left Lie homogeneous space of G, x_0 a point of X, G_0 the stabilizer of x_0 in G, E and E' left vector G-bundles of class C^r and base space X, E_0 (resp. E'_0) the fibre of E (resp. E') at x_0 and f an element of such that f(gu) = gf(u) for all u ∈ E_0 and g ∈ G_0. Then there exists one and only one morphism of E into E' compatible with the operations of G and extending f.
The uniqueness of this morphism is obvious. We prove its existence. Let g, g' elements of G and u ∈ E_0 be such that gu = g'u. Then g'^{-1}g ∈ G_0 and g'^{-1}gu = u and hence g'^{-1}gf(u) = f(u), that is gf(u) = g'f(u). Hence a mapping φ is defined of E into E' by writing φ(gu) = gf(u). Clearly this mapping extends f and it is compatible with the operations of G. We show that φ is a vector bundle morphism of class C^r. Let x_1 ∈ X. There exists an open neighbourhood V of x_1 in X and a submanifold W of G such that the mapping g ↦ gx_0 is an isomorphism θ of class C^r of W onto V. By shrinking V and W it can be assumed that: (1) E | V (resp. E' | V) is identified with a trivial vector bundle of fibre M (resp. M'); (2) if ψ_g (resp. ψ'_g) denotes the mapping u ↦ gu of E_0 (resp. E'_0) into E_{gx_0} (resp. E'_{gx_0}), then the mappings g ↦ ψ_g and g ↦ ψ_g^{-1} (resp. g ↦ ψ'_g and g ↦ ψ'_g^{-1}) of W into and (resp. and ) are of class C^r.
For x ∈ V, let φ_x : M → N be the restriction of φ to E_x = M. Then φ_x is obtained by composing the following mappings: (1) the mapping (ψ_θ^{-1,x})^{-1} of M into E_0; (2) the mapping f of E_0 into E_0; (3) the mapping ψ'_θ^{-1,x} of E_0 into M'. Hence we see that the mapping x ↦ φ_x of V into is of class C^r.
Corollary 1
Let E_0^{G_0} be the set of elements of E_0 which are invariant under G_0. For all u ∈ E_0^{G_0}, let σ_u be the mapping of X into E defined by σ_u(gx_0) = gu for all g ∈ G. (i) The G-invariant sections† of E are of class C^r. (ii) u ↦ σ_u is a bijection of E_0^{G_0} onto the set of G-invariant sections of E.
Assertion (ii) is obvious. To prove (i) it is sufficient to prove that each section σ_u is of class C^r. Let E' be the trivial G-bundle of base X and fibre E_0^{G_0}. Let f be the canonical injection of E_0^{G_0} into E_0. By Proposition 17 there exists a morphism φ of E' into E compatible with the operations of G and extending f. If u ∈ E_0^{G_0} and g ∈ G, then
and hence σ_u(x) = φ((u, x)) for all x ∈ X, which proves our assertion.
For example, let G be a finite-dimensional real Lie group, G0 a compact Lie subgroup of G and X the homogeneous space G/G_0. Let x_0 denote the canonical image of e in X. There exists a positive definite symmetric bilinear form on T_{x_0}(X) invariant under G_0 (Integration, Chapter VII, § 3, Proposition 1). Applying the above to (TX)* ⊗ (TX)*, we see that there exists on X an analytic Riemannian metric invariant under G_*.
† By a section of E we here mean a mapping σ (not necessarily of class C^r) of X into E such that p ∘ σ = Id_X, where p denotes the projection of E onto X.
Corollary 2
Suppose that operates trivially on . Let be the trivial -bundle with base space and fibre . There exists one and only one isomorphism of onto compatible with the operations of and extending .
This follows immediately from Proposition 17.
Remark 2
In this no., the laws of left operation can be replaced throughout by laws of right operation.
9. Local definition of a Lie group
Proposition 18
Let be a group and and two subsets of containing . Suppose that has an analytic manifold structure satisfying the following conditions: (i) is open in ; (ii) the mapping of into is analytic; (iii) for all , there exists an open neighbourhood of in such that and such that the mapping of into is analytic.
Then there exists one and only one analytic manifold structure on with the following properties: (α) with this structure is a Lie group; (β) is open in ; (γ) the manifold structures on and induce the same structure on .
(a) Let be an open subset of and an element of such that . Then is the set of such that and hence is an open subset of (taking account of (ii)). Moreover, (ii) implies that the mappings of onto and of onto are inverse analytic bijections and hence analytic isomorphisms.
(b) We choose an open neighbourhood of in such that , and there exists a chart of the manifold with domain . For all , let be the mapping of into . We show that the charts of are analytically compatible. Let be elements of such that , so that and belong to . By (a), is an open subset of and hence
(c) By (b) there exists on an analytic manifold structure such that is an atlas on . For all , the mapping () leaves this atlas invariant and hence is an automorphism of with this manifold structure. In particular condition (GL₁) is satisfied.
(d) Let . By (ii) there exists an open neighbourhood of in such that . This proves first that is open in . By (a) the mapping of onto is an analytic isomorphism with the structures induced by U. By (c) we see that the manifold structures on G and U induce the same structure on v_0A and hence finally on V.
(e) by (d), (ii) and (iii), we see that conditions (GL_2) and (GL_3) hold. Hence G is a Lie group.
(f) If a manifold structure on G is compatible with the group structure of G and is such that V is an open submanifold of G, then (\phi_g)_{g\in G} is an atlas on G. Hence the uniqueness assertion of the proposition.
Proposition 19
Let G be a topological group, H a Lie group and f a homomorphism of the group G into the group H. Suppose that there exist an open neighbourhood of e_G in G, a chart (V, \phi, E) of the manifold H at e_H and a closed vector subspace F of E admitting a topological supplement, such that f(U) \subset V and \phi \circ f)|U is a homeomorphism of U onto \phi(V) \cap F. Then there exists a unique manifold structure on G such that f is an immersion; this structure is the inverse image under f of the manifold structure on H. With this structure G is a Lie group.
As translations of G (resp. H) are homeomorphisms (resp. analytic isomorphisms), f satisfies condition (R) of Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.8.1. The first two assertions of the proposition then follow from Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, loc. cit. Consider the commutative diagram
where m(x, y) = xy^{-1} (resp. n(x, y) = xy^{-1}) for x, y in G (resp. H). Then n \circ (f \times f) is analytic, hence f \circ m is analytic and hence m is analytic since f is an immersion. Therefore G is a Lie group.
The Lie group structure on G is called the inverse image of the Lie group structure on H under f.
Corollary
Let G be a topological group, N a discrete normal subgroup of G and \pi the canonical mapping of G onto G/N. Suppose that an analytic manifold structure is given on G/N, compatible with the topological group structure on G/N. Then there exists a unique manifold structure on G such that \pi is an immersion; this structure is the inverse image under \pi of the manifold structure on G/N. With this structure, \pi is étale, G is a Lie group and G/N is the quotient Lie group of G by N.
Remark
Let H be a connected real or complex Lie group, \tilde{H} its universal covering† and \pi the canonical mapping of \tilde{H} onto H. When we speak of \tilde{H}
† Cf. General Topology, Chapter XI; whilst awaiting the publication of this chapter, see for example L. S. Pontrjagin, Topological groups, 2nd edition translated from Russian, Gordon and Breach, 1966; or G. Hochschild, The structure of Lie groups, Holden-Day, 1965.
LIE GROUPS
as a Lie group, we shall always mean with the inverse image structure of that on H under .
10. Group germs
Definition 5
A Lie group germ over K* is a system satisfying the following conditions: (i) is an analytic manifold over ; (ii) ; (iii) is an analytic mapping of into ; (iv) is an analytic mapping of an open subset of into ; (v) for all , , , ; (vi) for all , , , ; (vii) if are elements of such that , , , , then .
is called the identity element of the group germ. We often write instead of and (by an abuse of notation) instead of .
A Lie group is a Lie group germ with the obvious choice of .
Let be a Lie group germ. Then , that is
For all ,
that is
A subset of invariant under the mapping is called symmetric.
The manifold , with the point , the mapping and the mapping is a Lie Group germ called the opposite of .
The Lie group germ is called commutative if, for all such that is defined, is defined and equal to .
Let be a Lie group germ. The set of such that is defined is a neighbourhood of . On the other hand, the mappings and are continuous. Hence for sufficiently close to . Similarly, for sufficiently close to , whence multiplying on the right by ,
Proposition 20
Let be a Lie group germ and . There exist an open neighbourhood of and an open neighbourhood of with the following properties:* (a) is defined for all ; (b) is defined for all ; (c) the mappings are inverse analytic isomorphisms of one another of onto and of onto .
§ 1.10
As the set of definition of the product is open in , there exist an open neighbourhood of and an open neighbourhood of with properties (a) and (b). Let for , for . By shrinking and , it can be assumed that and for and . Then and are injections. By shrinking further, it can be assumed that . Then and is the inverse image of under and hence is an open neighbourhood of in . Replacing by , we finally arrive at the situation where and are analytic inverse bijections.
Let be two Lie group germs with identity elements . A mapping of into is called a morphism if satisfies the following conditions: (i) is analytic; (ii) ; (iii) if are elements of such that is defined, then is defined and is equal to .
Let . As is defined and is equal to , is defined and is equal to and hence
The composition of two morphisms is a morphism.
If and are two inverse morphisms of one another, they are isomorphisms (using in particular formula (11)).
Let be two Lie group germs, and a mapping of into satisfying conditions (ii) and (iii) above, which is analytic in an open neighbourhood of . Using Proposition 20, it can be proved as in Proposition 4 that is a morphism.
Let be a Lie group germ and the set of definition of . Let be a submanifold of containing , which is stable under . Suppose that the set of such that is open in . Then is a Lie group germ. Such a Lie group germ is called a Lie subgroup germ of G. The canonical injection of into is a morphism. If is a morphism of Lie group germs such that , then is a morphism of Lie group germs.
Suppose that is of characteristic 0. If we replace the hypothesis that is a submanifold of by the hypothesis that is a quasi-submanifold of , the results of the above paragraph remain true (cf. Differentiable and Analytic Manifolds, R, 5.8.5). is then called a Lie quasi-subgroup germ of .
If is a Lie group germ with identity element , every symmetric open neighbourhood of in is a Lie subgroup germ of . (This applies in particular when is a Lie group.) Let be a Lie subgroup germ of ; if is a neighbourhood of in , then is open in by Proposition 20.
The product Lie group germ of a finite number of Lie group germs is defined in an obvious way.
Proposition 21
Let be two Lie group germs and a morphism of into . The following conditions are equivalent:
(i) is étale at ; (ii) there exist open Lie subgroup germs of such that is an isomorphism of onto .
The implication (ii) (i) is obvious. Suppose that is étale at . There exists an open Lie subgroup germ of such that is open in and is an isomorphism of the manifold onto the manifold . Then there exists an open Lie subgroup germ of such that the product in of two elements of is always defined and belongs to . If are elements of such that , then ; if are elements of such that , then
Hence is an isomorphism of the Lie group germ onto the open Lie subgroup germ of .
If the conditions of Proposition 21 hold, and are called locally isomorphic.
Proposition 22
Let be a Lie group, a Lie subgroup germ of and the set of such that and have the same germ at (General Topology, Chapter I, § 6, no. 10). Then is a subgroup of containing . There exists one and only one analytic manifold structure on with the following properties:
(i) with this structure is a Lie group; (ii) is an open submanifold of ; (iii) the canonical injection of into is an immersion.
Clearly is a subgroup of . If , then and , hence and for sufficiently close to in and hence the germ of at is contained in that of ; exchanging and , we see that the germs of and at are equal. Hence .
Let be an open neighbourhood of in such that . Conditions (i), (ii), (iii) of Proposition 18 of no. 9 (where is replaced by ) are satisfied. Hence there exists an analytic manifold structure on with the following properties: () with this structure is a Lie group; () is open in ; () the manifold structures on and induce the same structure on . Since is a submanifold of , the canonical injection of into is an immersion at and hence at every point of . Let . There exists an open neighbourhood V' of e in V such that the mapping is an analytic isomorphism of V' onto an open neighbourhood of u in U (Proposition 20) and at the same time onto an open neighbourhood of u in N. Hence U is open in N and the identity mapping of U is an isomorphism with the given manifold structure on U and the open submanifold structure on N; in other words, U is an open submanifold of N.
Finally, we consider an analytic manifold structure on N with properties (i) and (ii) of the proposition and let N* be the Lie group thus obtained. Then the identity mapping of N into N* is étale at e and hence a Lie group isomorphism. This proves the uniqueness assertion of the proposition.
Let H be a Lie group, U a Lie quasi-subgroup germ of H and N the set of such that U and have the same germ at e. If K is of characteristic 0, there exists on G one and only one manifold structure with properties (i) and (ii) of Proposition 22. The proof is the same as for Proposition 22.
Corollary
Preserving the notation of Proposition 22, let G be the subgroup of H generated by U. Then G is an open subgroup of N. There exists one and only one Lie group structure on G such that U is an open submanifold of G and the canonical injection of G into H is an immersion.
Remark
Preserving the notation of Proposition 22 and its corollary, suppose that K is of characteristic 0, that H is finite-dimensional and that the topology on U admits a countable base. Even with all these hypotheses it is possible that G is not closed in H (Exercise 3). But, if G is closed, G is a Lie subgroup of H. For the mapping is a law of analytic left operation of G on H. The orbit of e is G. Our assertion then follows from Propositions 2 (iv) and 14 (iii).
11. Law chunks of operation
Let be a Lie group germ and X a manifold of class .
Definition 6
A law chunk of left operation of class of G on X is a mapping defined on an open subset of containing , with values in X and with the following properties: (i) is of class ; (ii) for all , ; (iii) there exists a neighbourhood of in such that, for , the elements of , , are defined and .
Law chunks of right operation of class are defined similarly. We often write instead of . Let G' be a Lie subgroup germ of G and X' a submanifold of X. Suppose that the set of such that is open in (a condition which is always fulfilled if is open in ). Then is a law chunk of left operation of class of on , which is said to be derived from by restriction to and .
Proposition 23
Let be a Lie group germ, a manifold of class , a point of , an open neighbourhood of in and a mapping of into with the following properties: (i) is of class ; (ii) is equal to for sufficiently close to ; (iii) for sufficiently close to . Then there exist an open neighbourhood of in and an open subset of such that is a law chunk of left operation of class of on . There exist an open neighbourhood of in and an open neighbourhood of in such that for all , and
Lemma 3
Let be a normal space and a locally finite open covering of . For all and all , let be a neighbourhood of contained in . Then we can associate with every a neighbourhood of such that the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the relation implies ; (b) if and meet, there exists such that . There exists an open covering of such that for all (General Topology, Chapter IX, § 4, Theorem 3). Let . Let be the intersection of the and the which contain ; this is an open neighbourhood of . Let be a neighbourhood of contained in and meeting only a finite number of . Then meets only a finite number of and hence the set
§ 2.1
Proposition 24
Let G be a Lie group germ, X a manifold of class C^r and (X_i)_{i \in I} a locally finite open covering of X. For all i \in I, let be a law chunk of left operation of class C^r of G on X_i. Suppose that the underlying topological space of X is normal and that, for all (i, j) \in I \times I and all x \in X_i \cap X_j, and coincide on a neighbourhood of (e, x). There exists a law chunk of left operation of class C^r of G on X such that, for all i \in I and all x \in X_i, and coincide on a neighbourhood of (e, x).
For all (i, j) \in I \times I and all x \in X_i \cap X_j, choose an open neighbourhood V_{ij}(x) of x in X_i \cap X_j such that and are defined and equal on a neighbourhood of {e} \times V_{ij}(x) in G \times X. For all x \in X choose an open neighbourhood V(x) of x in X such that conditions (a) and (b) of Lemma 3 are fulfilled. Let I_x be the set of i \in I such that x \in X_i. This is a finite set. Let U_x be the set of (g, y) \in G \times V(x) such that the for i \in I_x are defined and coincide on a neighbourhood of (g, y). Then U_x is open and (e, x) \in U_x. The for i \in I_x all have the same restriction to U_x. Let x, y be in X. If U_x and U_y meet, V(x) and V(y) meet and hence there exists i \in I such that
Then i \in I_x, i \in I_y, and hence
The therefore define a mapping of into X and U is an open neighbourhood of {e} \times X in G \times X. Clearly is of class C^r and for all x \in X. For all i \in I and all x \in X_i, coincides with and hence with in a neighbourhood of (e, x) and hence satisfies condition (iii) of Definition 6.
Exercises
See the exercises for § 1.