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are closed orbits of Lie group action embedded?

Consider a smooth action $G\curvearrowright M$ of a Lie group on a manifold. Suppose that an orbit $G\cdot p$ is closed. Is the orbit an embedded submanifold. In general we know that the orbits are ...
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A covering map from a differentiable manifold

Let $p: C \to X$ is a covering map. Suppose that $C$ is a differentiable manifold. Is X - differentiable manifold? More precisely, I am interested in the case where $C$ is Submanifold of Lie algebra, ...
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Lie Groups induce Lie Algebra homomorphisms

I am having a difficult time showing that if $\phi: G \rightarrow H$ is a Lie group homomorphism, then $d\phi: \mathfrak{g} \rightarrow \mathfrak{h}$ satisfies the property that for any $X, Y \in ...
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Question about Lie Groups

I am having trouble with the following Lie Algebra question. I will appreciate any help greatly. Any Lie group homomorphism $\phi : G \rightarrow H$ is determined by the induced Lie algebra ...
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Finiteness of fixed points of a Lie group action

Let $\psi: G\rightarrow \mathrm{Diff}(M)$ be a smooth non-trivial action of a compact connected Lie group $G$ on a compact connected smooth manifold $M$. Under which assumptions there will be a ...
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Let $G$ be a Lie group. Show that there is a diffeomorphism $TG \cong G \times T_e G$.

Since $T_p G$ is isomorphic to $T_e G$ for all $p\in G$, it makes sense that each vector in $T_p G$ can be identified with a vector in $T_e G$. Hence, to make the map from $TG$ one to one, we must ...
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Some questions about $S^n$

I have some questions about the $n$-sphere: I know that for $n=0,1,3$, $S^n$ forms a Lie group and I also know why it's true, but why is it not the case for other $n$? I have the same question for ...
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Conditions for a group to admit the structure of a Lie group

This question is motivated by a previous one: Conditions for a smooth manifold to admit the structure of a Lie group and wants to be a sort of "converse". Here I am taking an abstract group $G$ and ...
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Derivative/Chain Rule (for MANLYfolds) Computation

Embarrasingly, I can't compute the following derivative. $dh(X)=\left.\frac{d}{dt}h(e^{XT}]\right|_{t=0}$, where $X$ resides in the lie algebra of $\rm SL(3,\Bbb C)$ [ie $\mathfrak{sl}(3,\Bbb C)$] ...
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Maslov Index product property.

I am not sure how to show the following property of the Maslov Index, which in McDuff and Salamon's Introduction to Symplectic Topology, Theorem 2.35, is called the product property. Let $\Lambda: ...
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Conditions for left-invariant one-forms to be closed.

Let $G$ be a connected (semisimple) Lie group with Lie algebra $\frak{g}$. For $\omega \in \frak{g}^*$, we may define a left invariant one-form on $G$ by $\left[ \omega (g)\right] (v)=\omega \left( ...
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Diffeomorphic, group-isomorphic Lie groups that are not isomorphic as Lie groups

Do there exist two Lie groups which are diffeomorphic as smooth manifolds, have isomorphic group structures, yet are not isomorphic as Lie groups? Of course, for this to happen, any diffeomorphism ...
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Is there an easy way to show which spheres can be Lie groups?

I heard that using some relatively basic differential geometry, you can show that the only spheres which are Lie groups are $S^0$, $S^1$, and $S^3$. My friend who told me this thought that it ...