Bourbaki

Corollary

Tag 01BA, permanent. Cite it as [Bourbaki, Tag 01BA].

Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, chapter IX, § 3. Compact forms of complex semi-simple Lie algebras

Every compact simple real Lie algebra of type An(n≥1)A_n(n\geq 1) is isomorphic to su(n+1,C)\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{u}(n+ 1,\mathbf{C}).

Indeed, every complex Lie algebra of type AnA_n is isomorphic to sl(n+1,C)\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}(n+ 1,\mathbf{C}) (Chap. VIII, §13, no. 1).

Bourbaki sets the proof directly after the statement, and the corpus does not separate them, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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