Real and symmetric quasi-maps

arXiv1805.06564MaRDI QIDQ6301673FDOQ6301673

Tsao-Hsien Chen, David Nadler

Publication date: 16 May 2018

Abstract: Let $G_{m}athbbR$ be a real reductive group and let $X$ be the corresponding complex symmetric variety under the Cartan bijection. We construct a stratified homeomorphism between the based polynomial arc group of $G_{m}athbbR$ and the based polynomial arc space of $X$. We also prove a multi-point version where we replace arcs by moduli spaces of quasi-maps from the projective line $mathbb{P}^1$ to $G_{m}athbbR$ and $X$. The key ingredients in the proof include: (i) a multi-point generalization of the ``Gram-Schmidt" factorization of loop groups, and (ii) a nodal degeneration of moduli spaces of quasi-maps. As an application, we show that for the closures of real spherical orbits in the real affine Grassmannian, their singularities near the base point are locally homeomorphic to complex algebraic varieties.

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