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On Levi subgroups and the Levi decomposition for groups definable in o-minimal structures

Logic 2011-11-11 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We study analogues of the notions from Lie theory of Levi subgroup and Levi decomposition, in the case of groups G definable in an o-minimal expansion of a real closed field. With suitable definitions, we prove that G has a unique maximal ind-definable semisimple subgroup S, up to conjugacy, and that G = RS where R is the solvable radical of G. We also prove that any semisimple subalgebra of the Lie algebra of G corresponds to a unique ind-definable semisimple subgroup of G.

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@article{arxiv.1111.2369,
  title  = {On Levi subgroups and the Levi decomposition for groups definable in o-minimal structures},
  author = {Annalisa Conversano and Anand Pillay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.2369},
  year   = {2011}
}

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16 pages

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