Hermitian flag manifolds and orbits of the Euclidean group
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Publication:6300780
arXiv1804.09463MaRDI QIDQ6300780FDOQ6300780
Philip Arathoon, James Montaldi
Publication date: 25 April 2018
Abstract: We study the adjoint and coadjoint representations of a class of Lie group including the Euclidean group. Despite the fact that these representations are not in general isomorphic, we show that there is a geometrically defined bijection between the sets of adjoint and coadjoint orbits of such groups. In addition, we show that the corresponding orbits, although different, are homotopy equivalent. We also provide a geometric description of the adjoint and coadjoint orbits of the Euclidean and orthogonal groups as a special class of flag manifold which we call a Hermitian flag manifold. These manifolds consist of flags endowed with complex structures equipped to the quotient spaces that define the flag.
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