A real convexity theorem for group-valued momentum maps. (Q997982)

The main theorem announced in the paper under review works for quasi-Hamiltonian spaces in the sense of \textit{A.~Alekseev, A.~Malkin} and \textit{E.~Meinrenken} [J. Differ. Geom. 48, No. 3, 445--495 (1998; Zbl 0948.53045)]. Specifically, let \(G\) be a compact, connected, simply connected Lie group with a maximal torus \(T\) which is pointwise invariant under a certain involutive automorphism \(\tau\) of \(G\). Assume that \({\mathcal W}\) is a Weyl alcove in the Lie algebra of \(T\) and let \((M,\omega)\) be a connected quasi-Hamiltonian \(G\)-space with a proper momentum map \(\mu\colon M\to G\), endowed with an involution \(\beta\colon M\to M\) satisfying \(\beta^*\omega=-\omega\), \(\beta(g\cdot x)=\tau(g)\cdot\beta(x)\) for every \(x\in M\) and \(g\in G\), and \(\mu\circ\beta=\tau^{-}\circ\mu\), where \(\tau^{-}(g)=\tau(g^{-1})\) for every \(g\in G\). In addition, assume that the fixed-point set \(M^\beta\) of \(\beta\) is non-empty and satisfies \(\mu(M^\beta)\cap Q_0\neq\emptyset\), where \(Q_0\) is the connected component of \(1\) in the fixed-point set of \(\tau^{-}\) in \(G\). Then \(\mu(M^\beta)\cap\exp(\overline{\mathcal W}) =\mu(M)\cap\exp(\overline{\mathcal W})\), and in particular the left-hand side of this equality is a convex sub-polytope of \(\exp(\overline{\mathcal W})\simeq\overline{\mathcal W}\). The paper concludes by a sketch of the method of proof of this theorem.