Definition:Special Unitary Group
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Definition
Let $n$ be a positive integer.
The special unitary group $\operatorname{SU}_n$ is the group of all $n\times n$ unitary matrices with determinant $1$:
- $\operatorname{SU}_n = \operatorname{U}_n \cap \operatorname{SL}_n(\C)$