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Nef cone of a GIT quotient

I want to know how to calculate nef cone of a GIT quotient. In particular let $X$ be a projective variety and $L$ be an ample line bundle on $X$ and $G$ be a reductive algebraic group and chosen a $G$ ...
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subalgebra of invariants for a reductive subgroup

$\DeclareMathOperator\PGL{PGL}\DeclareMathOperator\Spec{Spec}$Trying to understand some tannakian reconstruction, I've stumbled about the following problem in invariant theory. I guess it's something ...
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Ring of invariants for $n$-tuples of Lie algebras

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\M{M}\DeclareMathOperator\Tr{Tr}$Consider the diagonal action of $\GL(n,\mathbb{C})$ on the variety of $k$-tuples of matrices, $\M_{n\times n}(\mathbb{C}...
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Highest weight vector as a global section of an affine scheme

Let $G$ be a connected, reductive quasi-split group over a field $k$, acting on an afffine $k$-variety $X$. Let $B = TU$ be a Borel subgroup of $G$ with maximal torus $T$ and unipotent radical $U$. ...
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Rosenlicht's theorem and fundamental domain for unipotent group acting on $\mathbb A_k^n$

I have a question about unipotent group actions. I was referred to Rosenlicht's papers, but I had trouble getting much out of these because I don't understand the old algebraic geometry language very ...
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Invariants for $SO_n \backslash \mathfrak{gl}_n / SO_n$

Is there a nice theorem about the algebra of invariants $\mathbb{C}[\mathfrak{gl}_n]^{SO_n \times SO_n}$, where the action is by left and right multiplication? I'm hoping for something along the lines ...
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Variety of conjugacy classes

Consider a reductive group $G$ over an algebraically closed field $K$ of characteristic $0$. I would like to consider the space $X$ of all $G$-conjugacy classes in $G$. Does the space $X$ have some ...
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Why is Mumford's GIT-quotient so effective?

According to remark 6.14 in Shigeru Mukai's An introduction to invariants and moduli (unfortunately, the page is not available on Google Books, so I explain it below), the GIT-quotient of an affine ...
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