Compact symmetric spaces, triangular factorization, and Cayley coordinates (Q657364): Difference between revisions

This article studies Cartan embeddings of Riemannian symmetric spaces of compact type. Let \(U/K\) be such a symmetric space and let \(\Phi:U/K\hookrightarrow U\) be the Cartan embedding. Let furthermore \(U_{\mathbb{C}}=\prod N^-wHN^+\) with \(N^{\pm}\) nilpotent and \(H\) diagonal be the (refined) Bruhat decomposition of the complexification \(U_{\mathbb{C}}\) of \(U\). This decomposition is unique. Hence, via the embedding \(U/K\hookrightarrow U\hookrightarrow U_{\mathbb{C}}\), each element \(uK\in U/K\) uniquely defines elements \(n^{\pm}(uK)\in N^{\pm}\), \(w(uK)\in W\) and \(d(uK)\in H\). The author calculates \(d(uK)\) for elements \(uK\in U/K\) whose embedding lies in the big cell \(N^-HN^+\) of \(U_{\mathbb{C}}\), giving explicit formulas for the examples \(AIII\), \(DIII\), \(CI\), \(CII\) and \(BDI\). Quoting previous work of S.~Evens and J.-H.~Lu (2001), P.~Foth and M.~Otto (2006) and A.~Caine (2008) he states, that his formulas calculate the moment map for the torus action on the highest-dimensional symplectic leaves of the Evens-Lu Poisson structure on \(U/K\).