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LieSubAlgebra -- the class of all Lie subalgebras

Description

This type represents Lie subalgebras (which are invariant under the differential), and has the subtypes LieIdeal, FGLieIdeal, FGLieSubAlgebra.

i1 : L = lieAlgebra{a,b}

o1 = L

o1 : LieAlgebra
i2 : S=lieSubAlgebra{a}

o2 = S

o2 : FGLieSubAlgebra
i3 : I=lieIdeal{a}

o3 = I

o3 : FGLieIdeal
i4 : instance(I,LieSubAlgebra)

o4 = true
i5 : instance(I,FGLieSubAlgebra)

o5 = false

See also

Types of LieSubAlgebra :

For the programmer

The object LieSubAlgebra is a type, with ancestor classes LieSubSpace < VectorSpace < HashTable < Thing.