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Generating sets for compact semisimple Lie groups
Author(s):
Michael
Field
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
127
(1999),
3361-3365.
MSC (1991):
Primary 22E15
Posted:
May 4, 1999
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Abstract:
Let  be a compact connected semisimple Lie group. We prove that the subset of  consisting of pairs  which topologically generate  is Zariski open.
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Additional Information:
Michael
Field
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-3476
Email:
mf@uh.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-99-04959-X
PII:
S 0002-9939(99)04959-X
Received by editor(s):
September 24, 1997
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
January 20, 1998
Posted:
May 4, 1999
Additional Notes:
This research was supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-1551704 and Texas Advanced Research Program Award 1127681
Communicated by:
Roe W. Goodman
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1999,
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