Wednesday, 5 November 2014

matrices - Freeness of the Canonical $SU(n)$ Action

I have another question about $SU(n)$, again I hope it's not too basic. For $n=2$, the action of $SU(2)$ on $C^2$ is free since it's equal to the group of rotations. In general, the group of rotations is properly contained in $SU(n)$, does this mean that its action on $C^n$ is no longer free.

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