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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 (g,θ)(\mathfrak{g},\theta), we define a dual real form g\mathfrak{g}^{*} inside the complexification of g\mathfrak{g} and consider the corresponding contraction with respect to the common fixed-point subalgebra gθ\mathfrak{g}^{\theta}. 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.

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@article{arxiv.2604.10162,
  title  = {Dual contractions and algebraic families},
  author = {Eyal Subag},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.10162},
  year   = {2026}
}