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Dual Representation

Intuitive

Explanations in this section should contain no formulas, but instead colloquial things like you would hear them during a coffee break or at a cocktail party.

Concrete

Example

The diagram below shows the defining representation of $SU(2)$ in its upper branch. To construct the dual representation, we let it act on the dual vector space, that is, the space of covectors. In this example, the dual representation is the same as the complex-conjugate representation.

su2_dual.jpg

For a more detailed explanation of this diagram see Fun with Symmetry.

Abstract

The motto in this section is: the higher the level of abstraction, the better.

Why is it interesting?

advanced_tools/group_theory/representation_theory/dual_representation.1656872012.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/07/03 20:13 by edi