Linear Lie algebras
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A linear (or "classical") Lie algebras is a Lie algebra whose elements can be represented as matrices (or linear transformations over some vector space over a field.
A-series
Root system
Realisation
See also: sl(n) (special linear Lie algebra)
An A-series Lie algebra is realised by the ring of n-by-n traceless matrices.