Invariant vector fields on the tangent space of a reductive symmetric space

Abstract: Let

G

be a real reductive connected Lie group and

s i g m a

an involution of

G

. Let

H

denote the identity component of the group of fixed points of

s i g m a

,

m a t h f r a k g

the Lie algebra of

G

and

m a t h f r a k q

the -1 eigenspace of

s i g m a

in

m a t h f r a k g

. The group

H

acts naturally on

m a t h f r a k q

via the adjoint representation. Let

C^{i n f t y} (m a t h f r a k q)^{H}

denote the algebra of

H

-invariant smooth functions on

m a t h f r a k q

, and

m a t h f r a k X (m a t h f r a k q)^{H}

the space of

H

-invariant smooth vetor fields on

m a t h f r a k q

. Any vetor field

X i n m a t h f r a k X (m a t h f r a k q)^{H}

defines naturally a derivation

D_{X}

of the algebra

C^{i n f t y} (m a t h f r a k q)^{H}

. We prove that the image of the map

X m a p s t o D_{X}

is the set of derivations of the algebra

C^{i n f t y} (m a t h f r a k q)^{H}

preserving the ideal

i t P h i C^{i n f t y} (m a t h f r a k q)^{H}

of

C^{i n f t y} (m a t h f r a k q)^{H}

, where

i t P h i

is a discriminant function on

m a t h f r a k q

.

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