3.4 Adjoint Representation

The adjoint representation of $ \mathrm{SO}(2)$ is trivial:

$\displaystyle X$ $\displaystyle =\left(\begin{array}{cc}
a & -b\\
b & a
\end{array}\right)\in$ $\displaystyle \mathrm{SO}(2),a^{2}+b^{2}=1$ (40)
$\displaystyle \mathrm{Adj}_{X}\left(\mathrm{alg}\left(\theta\right)\right)$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle X\mathrm{\cdot alg}\left(\theta\right)\cdot X^{-1}$ (41)
  $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \left(\begin{array}{cc}
0 & -\theta\\
\theta & 0
\end{array}\right)$ (42)
  $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \mathrm{alg}\left(\theta\right)$ (43)
$\displaystyle \implies\mathrm{Adj}_{X}$ $\displaystyle =$ $\displaystyle \mathbf{I}$ (44)



Ethan Eade 2012-02-16