On the projection of N along the Iwasawa decomposition

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Let \(G\) be a real Lie group with reductive Lie algebra \(\mathbf g\). Let \(G=KAN\) be an Iwasawa decomposition, \(\theta\) the Cartan involution fixing \(K\) and \(\overline{N}=\theta N\) the nilpotent subgroup ``opposite to \(N\). Let \(\kappa\) denote the projection from \(G\) onto the Iwasawa-\(K\) sending \(g\in G\) to its \(K\)-factor in the decomposition \(KAN\). Then the author proves that the image \(\kappa(\overline{N})\subseteq K\) is relatively compact. The crucial step is to prove the statement for semisimple connected \(G\) with noncompact \(K\) which means that \(G\) has infinite center.











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