Decompositions of Kac-Moody groups

arXiv1708.05566MaRDI QIDQ6290239FDOQ6290239

Max Horn

Publication date: 18 August 2017

Abstract: Let $G$ be a split (minimal) Kac-Moody group over $mathbbR$ or $mathbbC$ with maximal torus $T$, and let $heta$ be a Cartan-Chevalley involution of $G$, twisted by complex conjugation, and satisfying that $heta(T)=T$. Furthermore, let $K$ be the subgroup fixed by $heta$, and $au:GoG,gmapstogheta(g{)}^{-1}$. Let $A:=au(T)$. In this note, we show resp. revisit that $G$ admits a (refined) Iwasawa decompositions $G=UAK$. We also show that if $G$ is of non-spherical type, then it never admits a polar decomposition $G=au(G)K$ nor a Cartan decompositions $G=KAK$. This has implications for the geometrical structure of the Kac-Moody symmetric space $G/Kcongau(G)$.

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