nLab translation Lie algebra

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Definition

Given a vector space VV, the abelian Lie algebra on VV, hence the Lie algebra with vanishing Lie bracket, may be thought of as the Lie algebra of VV regarded as an additive abelian Lie group. As such it is the translation Lie algebra of VV.

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