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 | | Third, G always has a bunch of maximal solvable subgroups, which again are all isomorphic by conjugation inside G. In case you forgot: a group B is "solvable" if when you take the subgroup B1 generated by commutators |
 | | A maximal solvable subgroup of G is also called a "Borel" subgroup, and it's denoted B. When G = SL(n,C), an obvious choice for B is the group of upper triangular matrices with determinant 1: |
 | | As you can see, each subgroup preserves some sort of "flag": a something on a something on a something, etc. The smaller the subgroup, the bigger the flag. |
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