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Parametrization of generalized Heisenberg groups

Authors :
Teerapong Suksumran
Sayan Panma
Source :
Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing. 32:135-146
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.

Abstract

Let M be a left module over a ring R with identity and let $$\beta $$ be a skew-symmetric R-bilinear form on M. The generalized Heisenberg group consists of the set $$M\times M\times R = \{(x, y, t):x, y\in M, t\in R\}$$ with group law $$\begin{aligned} (x_1, y_1, t_1)(x_2, y_2, t_2) = (x_1+x_2, y_1+y_2, t_1+\beta (x_1, y_2)+t_2). \end{aligned}$$ Under the assumption of 2 being a unit in R, we prove that the generalized Heisenberg group decomposes into a product of its subset and subgroup, similar to the well-known polar decomposition in linear algebra. This leads to a parametrization of the generalized Heisenberg group that resembles a parametrization of the Lorentz transformation group by relative velocities and space rotations.

Details

ISSN :
14320622 and 09381279
Volume :
32
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........0027b01923e4022804108d8241c484a3