Moment map flows and the Hecke correspondence for quivers (Q2411342)

The vector space \(\operatorname{Rep}(Q,v)\) of complex representations of a quiver with a fixed dimension vector \(v\) has a natural symplectic structure determined by the Hermitian structure on the complex vector space at each vertex of the quiver. Associated to this is a Hamiltonian action of a group \(K_v\) and a moment map which we denote by \(\mu\). The complexification of \(K_v\) is denoted by \(G_v\). The author focuses on closed subsets \(Z \subset \operatorname{Rep}(Q, v)\) preserved by the action of the complexification \(G_v\) of \(K_v\) (a notable special case being quivers satisfying a finite set of relations in the path algebra). Let \(x\) be a critical point of \(||\mu - \alpha||^2\), where \(\alpha\) is the stability parameter. There are two subspaces of \(Z\) associated to \(x\). One is \(W_{x-}\), the unstable set of initial conditions for which the \textit{upward} flow of (the gradient of) \(||\mu - \alpha||^2\) converges to \(x\). Another, called the negative slice \(S_{x-}\), is defined algebraically in terms of a group action of \(G_v\) around \(x\). Theorem 4.22 states that given a critical set \(C\subset Z\), there is a \(K_v\)-equivariant homeomorphism defined nearby \(Z\) which identifies \(\cup_{x\in C}W_{x-}\) and \(\cup_{x\in C}S_{x-}\). This allows to completely classify the isomorphism classes in each \(W_{x-}\). Together with previous results of the author on limits of the \textit{downward} flow of \(||\mu - \alpha||^2\), the above theorem leads to an algebraic criterion for two critical points to be connected by a flow line. This is used to show in Theorem 4.35 (the main results of the paper) that critical points connected by flow lines can be interpreted in terms of the Hecke correspondence for quivers.