Hyperpolar actions on reducible symmetric spaces (Q2410908)

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    Hyperpolar actions on reducible symmetric spaces (English)
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    19 October 2017
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    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.
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    symmetric space
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    Riemannian manifold
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    isometric action
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    hyperpolar action
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