scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1011272

Publication date 24 September 1997

semisimple symmetric space signature of roots

Semisimple Lie groups and their representations (22E46) Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35)

Let \(\mathfrak g\) be a noncompact semisimple Lie algebra, \(\sigma\) an involution of \(\mathfrak g\), \(\theta\) a Cartan involution of \(\mathfrak g\) which commutes with \(\sigma\). Let \(\mathfrak h\) (resp. \(\mathfrak k\)) and \(\mathfrak q\) (resp. \(\mathfrak p\)) be the +1 and \(-1\) eigenspaces of \(\sigma\) (resp. of \(\theta\)). Then there is the direct sum decomposition \({\mathfrak g}={\mathfrak k}\cap {\mathfrak h} \oplus {\mathfrak k}\cap {\mathfrak q}\oplus {\mathfrak p} \cap {\mathfrak h} \oplus {\mathfrak p}\cap {\mathfrak q}\). Let \(\mathfrak a\) be a maximal abelian subspace in \({\mathfrak p}\cap {\mathfrak q}\) and \({\mathfrak a}^*\) be its dual, \(\Sigma\subset {\mathfrak a}^*\) the restricted root system of the semisimple symmetric pair \(({\mathfrak g},{\mathfrak h})\), \(l=\dim {\mathfrak a}\) the split rank of \(({\mathfrak g},{\mathfrak h})\) and \(W\) the Weyl group of \(\Sigma\). For each signature of roots \(\varepsilon\) of \(\Sigma\), one can define an involution \(\sigma_\varepsilon\) of \(\mathfrak g\) and the associated semisimple symmetric space \(G/H_\varepsilon\). Let \(\widetilde{X}\) be the product manifold \(G\times \mathbb{R}^1\times W'\), where \(W'\) is a certain subgroup of Weyl group \(W\). There exists an equivalence relation \(\sim\) on \(\widetilde{X}\). Let \(X=\widetilde{X}/\sim\) and \(\pi:\widetilde{X}\to X\) be the projection, then \(X\) inherits from \(\widetilde X\) an analytic action of \(G\), given by \(g\pi(x)=\pi(gx)\). The author of the present paper proves that: 1) \(X\) is a compact connected real analytic manifold without boundary; 2) there exist open \(G\)-orbits that are isomorphic to \(G/H_\varepsilon\) for each signature of roots \(\varepsilon\); 3) the system \({\mathcal M}_\lambda\) of invariant differential equations on \(G/H_\varepsilon\) extends analytically on \(X\) and has regular singularities in the weak sense along the boundaries. \textit{T. Oshima} and \textit{J. Sekiguchi} [Invent. Math. 57, 1-81 (1980; Zbl 0434.58020)] constructed the realization of an \(\varepsilon\)-family of Riemannian symmetric spaces \(\{G/H_\varepsilon\}\); hence this paper generalizes their results.

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