Mostow's decomposition theorem for L^-groups and applications to affine coadjoint orbits and stable manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2023.104881arXivmath-ph/0605039OpenAlexW1593716796WikidataQ122944506 ScholiaQ122944506MaRDI QIDQ6115698FDOQ6115698

Authors: Alice Barbara Tumpach 

Publication date: 10 August 2023

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Mostow's Decomposition Theorem is a refinement of the polar decomposition. It states the following. Let G be a compact connected semi-simple Lie group with Lie algebra g. Given a subspace h of g such that [X, [X, Y]] belongs to h for all X and Y in h, the complexified group G^C with Lie algebra g + ig is homeomorphic to the product G .exp im. exp ih, where m is the orthogonal of h in g with respect to the Killing form. This Theorem is related to geometric properties of the non-positively curved space of positive-definite symmetric matrices and to a characterization of its geodesic subspaces. The original proof of this Theorem given by Mostow uses the compactness of G. We give a proof of this Theorem using the completeness of the Lie algebra g instead, which can therefore be applied to an L*-group of arbitrary dimension. Some applications of this Theorem to the geometry of stable manifolds and affine coadjoint orbits are given.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0605039

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zbMATH Keywords

moment mapsreductive symmetric spacesco-adjoint orbitsdecompositions of Lie groupspositive-definite Hilbert-Schmidt operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General properties and structure of complex Lie groups (22E10) Homogeneous spaces and generalizations (14M17)

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