On distinguished orbits of reductive representations

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2013.07.031zbMATH Open1297.22009arXiv1301.4949OpenAlexW2061987164MaRDI QIDQ405906FDOQ405906

Authors: Edison Alberto Fernández-Culma 

Publication date: 8 September 2014

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $G$ be a real reductive Lie group and $au:GlongrightarrowGL(V)$ be a real reductive representation of $G$ with (restricted) moment map $m_{ggo}:V-0longrightarrowggo$. In this work, we introduce the notion of "nice space" of a real reductive representation to study the problem of how to determine if a $G$-orbit is "distinguished" (i.e. it contains a critical point of the norm squared of $m_{ggo}$). We give an elementary proof of the well-known convexity theorem of Atiyah-Guillemin-Sternberg in our particular case and we use it to give an easy-to-check sufficient condition for a $G$-orbit of a element in a nice space to be distinguished. In the case where $G$ is algebraic and $au$ is a rational representation, the above condition is also necessary (making heavy use of recent results of M. Jablonski), obtaining a generalization of Nikolayevsky's nice basis criterium. We also provide useful characterizations of nice spaces in terms of the weights of $au$. Finally, some applications to ternary forms and minimal metrics on nilmanifolds are presented.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.4949

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zbMATH Keywords

moment mapdistinguished orbitsreal reductive Lie groupsreal reductive representationsternary form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Linear algebraic groups over the reals, the complexes, the quaternions (20G20) Representations of Lie and linear algebraic groups over real fields: analytic methods (22E45) General ternary and quaternary quadratic forms; forms of more than two variables (11E20)

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