∞-Lie theory (higher geometry)
Given a Lie algebra over the real numbers or complex numbers, and gives a choice of linear basis of , the corresponding Inönü-Wigner contraction is the Lie algebra obtained by “sending to zero”, i.e. the Lie algebra obtained from the previous one by passing to basis elements with in the ground field, in the limit that .
The original article is
See also
Wikipedia, Group contraction
E. J. Saletan, Contraction of Lie Groups. Journal of Mathematical Physics 2: 1–1 (1961)
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