Namespaces
Variants
Actions

Multi-valued representation

From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Revision as of 17:01, 7 February 2011 by 127.0.0.1 (talk) (Importing text file)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search

of a connected topological group

An ordinary representation of a connected topological group (cf. Representation of a topological group) such that is isomorphic (as a topological group) to a quotient group of relative to a discrete normal subgroup which is not contained in the kernel of . A multi-valued representation is called -valued if contains exactly elements. By identifying the elements of with the elements of one obtains for the sets , , the relations , , . Multi-valued representations of connected, locally path-connected topological groups exist only for non-simply-connected groups. The most important example of a multi-valued representation is the spinor representation of the complex orthogonal group , ; this representation is a two-valued representation of and is determined by a faithful representation of the universal covering group of .

References

[1] A.A. Kirillov, "Elements of the theory of representations" , Springer (1976) (Translated from Russian)
[2] M.A. Naimark, "Theory of group representations" , Springer (1982) (Translated from Russian)
How to Cite This Entry:
Multi-valued representation. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Multi-valued_representation&oldid=47924
This article was adapted from an original article by A.I. Shtern (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article