We define Lie groups and Lie algebras and show how invariant vector fields on a Lie group form a Lie algebra. We prove that this correspondence respects natural maps and discuss conditions under which it is a bijection. Finally, we introduce the exponential map and use it to write the Lie group operation as a function on its Lie algebra.

Lie group decompositions are useful tools in the analysis and control of quantum systems. Several decompositions proposed in the literature are based on a recursive procedure that systematically uses the Cartan decomposition theorem. In this dissertation, we establish a link between Lie algebra gradings and recursive Lie algebra decompositions, and then we formulate a general scheme to generate...

Lie group decompositions are useful tools in the analysis and control of quantum systems. Several decompositions proposed in the literature are based on a recursive procedure that systematically uses the Cartan decomposition theorem. In this dissertation, we establish a link between Lie algebra gradings and recursive Lie algebra decompositions, and then we formulate a general scheme to generate...

To a hyperbolic smooth curve defined over a number-field one naturally associates an "anabelian" representation of the absolute Galois group of the base field landing in outer automorphism group of the algebraic fundamental group. In this paper, we introduce several deformation problems for Lie-algebra versions of the above representation and show that, this way we get a richer structure than t...

Lie group analysis is a powerful tool for obtaining exact similarity solutions of nonlinear (integro-) differential equations. In order to calculate the group-invariant solutions one first has to find the full Lie point symmetry group admitted by the given (integro-)differential equations and to determine all the subgroups of this Lie group. An effective, systematic means to classify the simila...