A survey on invariant cones in infinite dimensional Lie algebras

zbMATH Open1440.22036arXiv1911.02335MaRDI QIDQ5111098FDOQ5111098

Karl-Hermann Neeb

Publication date: 26 May 2020

Abstract: For the Lie algebra $g$ of a connected infinite-dimensional Lie group~$G$, there is a natural duality between so-called semi-equicontinuous weak-*-closed convex Ad^*(G)-invariant subsets of the dual space $g^{\prime }$ and Ad(G)-invariant lower semicontinuous positively homogeneous convex functions on open convex cones in $g$. In this survey, we discuss various aspects of this duality and some of its applications to a more systematic understanding of open invariant cones and convexity properties of coadjoint orbits. In particular, we show that root decompositions with respect to elliptic Cartan subalgebras provide powerful tools for important classes of infinite Lie algebras, such as completions of locally finite Lie algebras, Kac--Moody algebras and twisted loop algebras with infinite-dimensional range spaces. We also formulate various open problems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.02335

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zbMATH Keywords

fixed pointsinfinite-dimensional Lie groupdouble extensionsinfinite-dimensional Lie algebrainvariant conetwisted loop algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Representations of Lie and linear algebraic groups over real fields: analytic methods (22E45) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to topological groups (22-02) Infinite-dimensional Lie groups and their Lie algebras: general properties (22E65)

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