On orbit spaces of representations of compact Lie groups (Q2249341)

In the first part, the geometry of reductions is studied. Orthogonal representations of compact Lie groups are investigated from the point of view of their quotient spaces, considered as metric spaces. The authors study metric spaces which are simultaneously quotients of different representations and investigate properties of the corresponding representations. They obtain some structural results and apply them to study irreducible representations of small copolarity. In the second part, as an important tool, they classify all irreducible representations of connected groups with cohomogeneity four or five.