Openness of momentum maps and persistence of extremal relative equilibria (Q1868041)

In the paper under review the authors prove that for every proper Hamiltonian action of a Lie group \( G \) in finite dimensions, the momentum map is locally \( G\)-open relative to its image, i.e. images of \( G \)-invariant open sets are open. As an application they deduce that in a Hamiltonian system with continuous Hamiltonian symmetries, extremal relative equilibria persist for every perturbation of the value of the momentum map, provided the isotropy subgroup of this value is compact.