Polar actions on Hermitian and quaternion-Kähler symmetric spaces

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Abstract: We analyze polar actions on Hermitian and quaternion-K"ahler symmetric spaces of compact type. For complex integrable polar actions on Hermitian symmetric spaces of compact type we prove a reduction theorem and several corollaries concerning the geometry of these actions. The results are independent of the classification of polar actions on Hermitian symmetric spaces. In the second part we prove that polar actions on Wolf spaces are quaternion-coisotropic and that isometric actions on these spaces admit an orbit of special type, analogous to the existence of a complex orbit for an isometric action on a compact homogeneous simply-connected K"ahler manifold.


Polar actions on symmetric spaces have recently been classified by \textit{A. Kollross} [J. Differ. Geom. 77, No. 3, 425--482 (2007; Zbl 1139.53025)] proving that they are hyperpolar if the spaces are of higher rank. The present paper contributes to the understanding of the geometry of the actions in question and their sections, by employing a momentum map. The main result provides a reduction theorem and several corollaries for complex integrable polar actions of a compact connected Lie group on Hermitian symmetric spaces of compact type. In the case of a quaternionic-Kähler symmetric space of compact type (a Wolf space) it is shown that polar actions are quaternion-coisotropic, a counterpart of a result valid in the complex setting [\textit{F. Podestà} and \textit{G. Thorbergsson}, Trans. Am. Math Soc. 354, No. 5, 1759--1781 (2002; Zbl 0997.53053)].











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