Left-algebraic group
Definition
A left-algebraic group over a field is a set equipped with the following two structures:
- The structure of an algebraic variety over the field .
- The structure of a group
such that the following compatibility conditions are satisfied:
| Operation | Arity | Condition | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiplication or product | 2 (so it's a map ) | For any fixed , the map is a regular morphism from to itself (i.e., it is algebraic). | |
| Identity element | 0 (it's a constant element ) | no condition. As such, we may impose the condition that the map from a one-point variety to sending the point to the identity element is a regular morphism, but this condition is vacuously true. | |
| Inverse map | 1 (so it's a map ) | no condition. |