Dual contractions and algebraic families
Mathematical Physics
2026-04-14 v1 math.MP
Rings and Algebras
Representation Theory
Abstract
We introduce a duality for In\"{o}n\"{u}-Wigner contractions attached to real symmetric Lie algebras. Starting from a symmetric pair , we define a dual real form inside the complexification of and consider the corresponding contraction with respect to the common fixed-point subalgebra . The main result shows that the original contraction and its dual appear as real fibers of a single algebraic family of complex Lie algebras equipped with an anti-holomorphic involution. This places the two contractions in one geometric framework and connects them with the algebraic-family methods developed in recent work on contractions, real forms, and hidden symmetries.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2604.10162,
title = {Dual contractions and algebraic families},
author = {Eyal Subag},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.10162},
year = {2026}
}