Complex Lie group

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Definition

A complex Lie group is a set equipped with two structures:

• The structure of a group, viz a binary operation called multiplication or product, a unary operation called the inverse map, and a constant called the identity element
• The structure of a complex manifold

in such a manner that:

• The group multiplication operation is a complex-analytic map from the direct product of the group with itself (with the product manifold structure)
• The inverse map is a complex-analytic map from the group to itself