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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)(Dλ)=eλxDeλx

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=DeλxeλxD

Thus

(3)eλxD+eλxλ=Deλxeλx(D+λ)=Deλx

Then take the inverse of eλx

(4)(D+λ)=eλxDeλxeλxDex=(Dλ)

Conversely,

(5)ddt|t=0(etXYetX)=(XetXYetX+etXYX)|t=0=XYYX=[X,Y]

 

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