Borel subgroup

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The following property can be evaluated for a closed subgroup of an algebraic group

Definition

A Borel subgroup of an algebraic group is a maximal connected solvable closed subgroup.

Facts

When the base field is algebraically closed all the Borel subgroups form a single conjugacy class. In other words, upto conjugacy, we can talk of the Borel subgroup.