Lie groups covered by local diffeomorphisms #
Let π : G →* G' be a surjective group homomorphism out of a C^n Lie group G which is a C^n
local diffeomorphism onto a C^n manifold G'. Then G' is a C^n Lie group. Near a pair of
points of G', multiplication is the image under π of the product of two local inverses of π,
which are C^n; inversion on G' is the descent of inversion on G. This covers quotients of Lie
groups by discrete normal subgroups, such as tori E ⧸ L and circles AddCircle p.
The charts of a Lie group can also be pulled back along a locally homeomorphic homomorphism from a topological group, giving the source a Lie-group structure over the same model.
This file also proves that the integer power maps of a C^n Lie group are C^n.
Main results #
IsLocalDiffeomorph.lieGroup,IsLocalDiffeomorph.lieAddGroup: the image of a Lie group under a surjective homomorphism which is a local diffeomorphism is a Lie group.IsLocalHomeomorph.lieGroup_chartedSpaceComap,IsLocalHomeomorph.lieAddGroup_chartedSpaceComap: Lie-group structures for pulled-back charts.TauCeti.contMDiff_zpow,TauCeti.contMDiff_zsmul: integer powers, and integer multiples, in a Lie group areC^n.
References #
- J. M. Lee, Introduction to Smooth Manifolds, 2nd ed., Springer GTM 218 (2013), Proposition 4.40 and Theorem 7.7.
If a surjective group homomorphism π : G →* G' out of a C^n Lie group is a C^n local
diffeomorphism, then G' is a C^n Lie group.
If a surjective additive group homomorphism π : G →+ G' out of a C^n additive
Lie group is a C^n local diffeomorphism, then G' is a C^n additive Lie group.
Charts pulled back through a locally homeomorphic homomorphism from a topological group form a Lie-group structure over the target's model.
Charts pulled back through a locally homeomorphic additive homomorphism from a topological additive group form an additive Lie-group structure over the target's model.
In a C^n Lie group, every integer power map is C^n.
In a C^n additive Lie group, multiplication by every integer is C^n.