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A Lie group is a smooth manifold that is also a group. Lie groups play a central role in the geometry of manifolds and in the theory of invariants of dynamical systems in physics. They are named in honor of S. Lie, their theory was much developed by E. Cartan.
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Eschrig, H. (2010). Lie Groups. In: Topology and Geometry for Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 822. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14700-5_6
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