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Nilpotent Lie Groups

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This lecture covers the properties of nilpotent Lie groups, including the definition of nilpotent Lie algebra, properties of nilpotent Lie groups, and the coadjoint representation. The lecture also discusses the Heisenberg case and the construction of non-degenerate alternating 2-forms.

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