
For any complex algebraic group G, there is a complete ind-variety X parametrising connected subgroups of G and a universal family. I present this construction, where the semi-continuity of certain discrete invariants of Lie algebras play an important role.
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[1] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/taxonomy/term/39
[2] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/3444
[3] http://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/node/270