Hyperpolar actions on reducible symmetric spaces (Q2410908): Difference between revisions

An isometric action of a compact Lie group on a Riemannian manifold is called \textit{polar} if there exist an immersed submanifold which meets every orbit such that the orbits intersect the submanifold orthogonally at each of its points. Such a submanifold is called a \textit{section} of the Lie group action. If there is a section which is flat in its induced Riemannian metric, then the action is called \textit{hyperpolar}. The author studies hyperpolar actions on reducible symmetric spaces of the compact type. The main result is that an indecomposable hyperpolar action on a symmetric space of the compact type is orbit equivalent to a Hermann action or of cohomogeneity one.