Let L be a LAVF object which is a Lie algebra. Then KillingForm method returns the Killing form of L, as a KF Maple object.

The returned KF object is for representing the Killing form. A valid KF object can act as a symmetric bilinear operator (form) and has access to some methods. See Overview of the KF object for more detail.

This method is associated with the LAVF object. For more detail, see Overview of the LAVF object.

$\mathrm{with}\left(\mathrm{LieAlgebrasOfVectorFields}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{Typesetting}:-\mathrm{Settings}\left(\mathrm{userep}=\mathrm{true}\right)\:$

$\mathrm{Typesetting}:-\mathrm{Suppress}\left(\left[\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\,\mathrm{\eta }\left(x\,y\right)\right]\right)\:$

$V≔\mathrm{VectorField}\left(\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\mathrm{D}\left[x\right]+\mathrm{\eta }\left(x\,y\right)\mathrm{D}\left[y\right]\,\mathrm{space}=\left[x\,y\right]\right)$

$V≔\mathrm{\xi }\left(\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}\right)+\mathrm{\eta }\left(\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆy}\right)$

$\mathrm{E2}≔\mathrm{LHPDE}\left(\left[\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\,y\,y\right)=0\,\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\eta }\left(x\,y\right)\,x\right)=-\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\,y\right)\,\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\eta }\left(x\,y\right)\,y\right)=0\,\mathrm{diff}\left(\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\,x\right)=0\right]\,\mathrm{indep}=\left[x\,y\right]\,\mathrm{dep}=\left[\mathrm{\xi }\,\mathrm{\eta }\right]\right)$

$\mathrm{E2}≔\left[{\mathrm{\xi }}_{y,y}=0\,{\mathrm{\eta }}_x=-{\mathrm{\xi }}_y\,{\mathrm{\eta }}_y=0\,{\mathrm{\xi }}_x=0\right],\mathrm{indep}=\left[x\,y\right],\mathrm{dep}=\left[\mathrm{\xi }\,\mathrm{\eta }\right]$

$L≔\mathrm{LAVF}\left(V\,\mathrm{E2}\right)$

$L≔\left[\mathrm{\xi }\left(\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}\right)+\mathrm{\eta }\left(\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆy}\right)\right]\&where\left\{\left[{\mathrm{\xi }}_{y,y}=0\,{\mathrm{\xi }}_x=0\,{\mathrm{\eta }}_x=-{\mathrm{\xi }}_y\,{\mathrm{\eta }}_y=0\right]\right\}$

$\mathrm{IsLieAlgebra}\left(L\right)$

$\mathrm{true}$

$K≔\mathrm{KillingForm}\left(L\right)$

$K≔\left(X\,Y\right)\mapsto -2\cdot \left(\frac{\partial }{\partial y}X\left(x\right)\right)\cdot \left(\frac{\partial }{\partial y}Y\left(x\right)\right)$

$X≔\mathrm{VectorField}\left(\mathrm{\xi }\left(x\,y\right)\mathrm{D}\left[x\right]+\mathrm{\eta }\left(x\,y\right)\mathrm{D}\left[y\right]\,\mathrm{space}=\left[x\,y\right]\right)$

$X≔\mathrm{\xi }\left(\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}\right)+\mathrm{\eta }\left(\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆy}\right)$

$Y≔\mathrm{VectorField}\left(\mathrm{\alpha }\left(x\,y\right)\mathrm{D}\left[x\right]+\mathrm{\beta }\left(x\,y\right)\mathrm{D}\left[y\right]\,\mathrm{space}=\left[x\,y\right]\right)$

$Y≔\mathrm{\alpha }\left(x\,y\right)\left(\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆx}\right)+\mathrm{\beta }\left(x\,y\right)\left(\frac{\ⅆ}{\ⅆy}\right)$

$K\left(X\,Y\right)$

$-2\left({\mathrm{\xi }}_y\right)\left(\frac{\partial }{\partial y}\mathrm{\alpha }\left(x\,y\right)\right)$

The KillingForm command was introduced in Maple 2020.

For more information on Maple 2020 changes, see Updates in Maple 2020.