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The linear part homomorphism of a group of Euclidean isometries

Definition
SpaceGroupsLinPartHom

by Gabewhigham · Sep 6, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

crystallographygeometrygroup-theory

For a subgroup GGG of the Euclidean motion group EdE_dEd​ of Rd\mathbb{R}^dRd, every element g∈Gg\in Gg∈G decomposes as g(x)=lin(g)(x)+g(0)g(x)=\mathrm{lin}(g)(x)+g(0)g(x)=lin(g)(x)+g(0) with lin(g)\mathrm{lin}(g)lin(g) a linear isometry. Since lin(gh)=lin(g)lin(h)\mathrm{lin}(gh)=\mathrm{lin}(g)\mathrm{lin}(h)lin(gh)=lin(g)lin(h), the assignment

lin:G⟶O(d),g⟼lin(g)\mathrm{lin}:G\longrightarrow O(d),\qquad g\longmapsto \mathrm{lin}(g)lin:G⟶O(d),g⟼lin(g)

is a group homomorphism. Its image is the point group of GGG and its kernel is the subgroup of translations contained in GGG; this homomorphism is the exact sequence through which a space group is presented as an extension of its point group by its translation lattice.

Definition code
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_LeanEval_SpaceGroups_Definitions
import Definitions.Def_SpaceGroupsPointGroupDefs

/-!
# The linear part homomorphism of a group of Euclidean isometries

For a subgroup `G` of the Euclidean motion group `E_d`, the map sending an element of `G` to
its linear part is a group homomorphism `G →* O(d)`. Its range is the point group of `G` and
its kernel is the subgroup of translations belonging to `G`.
-/

namespace LeanEval
namespace Geometry
namespace SpaceGroupsProblem

variable {d : ℕ}

/-- The linear part homomorphism of a group of Euclidean isometries. -/
noncomputable def linPartHom (G : Subgroup (EuclideanIsom d)) : G →* (E d ≃ₗᵢ[ℝ] E d) where
  toFun g := linPart g.1
  map_one' := rfl
  map_mul' _ _ := rfl

@[simp] lemma linPartHom_apply (G : Subgroup (EuclideanIsom d)) (g : G) :
    linPartHom G g = linPart g.1 := rfl

end SpaceGroupsProblem
end Geometry
end LeanEval
Source
Standard; L. S. Charlap, Bieberbach Groups and Flat Manifolds, Springer 1986, Chapter I, Section 1.

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