Compact symmetric spaces, triangular factorization, and Cayley coordinates

DOI10.2140/PJM.2011.253.57zbMATH Open1234.53015arXiv0808.2251OpenAlexW1967035050MaRDI QIDQ657364FDOQ657364

Authors: Derek Habermas 

Publication date: 16 January 2012

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let U/K represent a connected, compact symmetric space, where theta is an involution of U that fixes K, phi: U/K to U is the geodesic Cartan embedding, and G is the complexification of U. We investigate the intersection of phi(U/K) with the Bruhat decomposition of G corresponding to a theta-stable triangular, or LDU, factorization of the Lie algebra of G. When g in phi(U/K) is generic, the corresponding factorization g=ld(g)u is unique, where l in N^-, d(g) in H, and u in N^+. In this paper we present an explicit formula for d in Cayley coordinates, compute it in several types of symmetric spaces, and use it to identify representatives of the connected components of the generic part of phi(U/K). This formula calculates a moment map for a torus action on the highest dimensional symplectic leaves of the Evens-Lu Poisson structure on U/K.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2251

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zbMATH Keywords

moment mapBruhat decompositionCartan embeddingcompact symmetric spaceEvens-Lu Poisson structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Harmonic analysis on homogeneous spaces (43A85) Differential geometry of symmetric spaces (53C35)

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