Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula

Layer 0 — Mathematicsin the lie-theory subtree

Baker 1905 + Campbell 1898 + Hausdorff 1906: log(exp X exp Y) = X + Y + (1/2)[X,Y] + (1/12)([X,[X,Y]] - [Y,[X,Y]]) + ...; basis of Lie-group multiplication near identity.

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