Remarks on Semistable Points and Nonabelian Convexity of Gradient Maps

Abstract: We study the action of a real reductive group

G

on a Kahler manifold

Z

which is the restriction of a holomorphic action of a complex reductive Lie group

U^{m} a t h b b C .

We assume that the action of

U

, a maximal compact connected subgroup of

U^{m} a t h b b C

on

Z

is Hamiltonian. If

G s u b s e t U^{m} a t h b b C

is compatible, there is a corresponding gradient map

m u_{m} a t h f r a k p : Z o m a t h f r a k p

, where

m a t h f r a k g = m a t h f r a k k o p l u s m a t h f r a k p

is a Cartan decomposition of the Lie algebra of

G

. Our main result is the non Abelian convexity theorem for the

G

-action on a

G

-invariant compact Lagrangian submanifold of

Z .

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