Quotients by actions of the derived group of a maximal unipotent subgroup

Abstract: Let

U

be a maximal unipotent subgroup of a connected semisimple group

G

and

U^{'}

the derived group of

U

. If

X

is an affine

G

-variety, then the algebra of

U^{'}

-invariants,

k [X {]^{U}}^{'}

, is finitely generated and the quotient morphism

p i : X o X / / U^{'}

is well-defined. In this article, we study properties of such quotient morphisms, e.g. the property that all the fibres of

p i

are equidimensional. We also establish an analogue of the Hilbert-Mumford criterion for the null-cones with respect to

U^{'}

-invariants.

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