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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Connecting Differential Operators and Lie Brackets in ODEs

In ODE An Algebraic Approach 1, we observe a beautiful identity:

(1)(D−λ)=eλx∘D∘e−λx

In this essay, I would like to explain the connection between (1) and Lie bracket.

Firstly, we can prove this identity from the Lie bracket.

i.e.

(2)[D,eλx]=λeλx=D∘eλx−eλx∘D

Thus

(3)eλx∘D+eλxλ=D∘eλx⟹eλx(D+λ)=D∘eλx

Then take the inverse of eλx

(4)⟹(D+λ)=e−λx∘D∘eλx⟹eλx∘D∘e−x=(D−λ)

Conversely,

(5)ddt|t=0(etX∘Y∘e−tX)=(XetX∘Y∘e−tX+etX∘Y∘−X)|t=0=XY−YX=[X,Y]

 

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