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Explicit formula for complex structure on flag manifold/isospectral matrices?
Consider the flag manifold $M = U(n, \mathbb{C})/T^n$, where $T^n$ is the maximal torus of unitary diagonal matrices. Fixing a diagonal matrix $D$ with distinct reals on its diagonal, we can identify ...
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Coherent states on compact abelian state spaces and complexification
First, to establish notation, let $T^*(M)$ denote the cotangent bundle of a manifold $M$. Let $\widehat{(-)}:= \hom_{\sf LCAbGrp}(-,\mathbb{T}):{\sf LCAbGrp}^{\sf op}\simeq {\sf LCAbGrp}$ denote the ...
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Can a semisimple orbit always be identified with a cotangent bundle?
Let $H$ be a semisimple element of the Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ of a semisimple Lie group $G$, and let $M:=\mathrm{Ad}_G(H)\subset\mathfrak{g}$ be the corresponding adjoint orbit. If we choose a ...
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Examples of non-equivariant momentum maps
What are examples of non-equivariant momentum maps?
Off the top of my hat, I know about the following examples:
the action of translations of a symplectic vector space (yielding the Heisenberg group ...
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The homotopy type of the space of symplectic structures
While reading the book Introduction to the $h$-Principle by Y. Eliashberg and N. Mishachev, I noticed that the authors state, at the end of section 9.1.A, that the space of all symplectic structures ...
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Question about coadjoint orbits of compact connected Lie groups
Let $G$ be a compact Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}.$ Denote by $\mathfrak{g}^*$ the dual space of $\mathfrak{g}$. Let $r$ be an element of $\mathfrak{g}^*$ such that $G_r$ the stabilizer of ...
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Relation between weight spaces of fixed loci of Hamiltonian $S^1$-actions
Consider an almost Kähler manifold $(M,\omega,I)$ with a $I$-(pseudo)holomorphic $\mathbb{C}^*$-action, whose $S^1$-part is Hamiltonian and the fixed locus
$F=M^{S^1}$ is compact. Then, it breaks $F=\...
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Symplectic principal bundles
A symplectic principal bundle is a principal bundle $(X,B, G)$ with projection map $q:X\to B$ such that $X$ and $B$ are symplectic manifolds and the right action of $G$ preserves the symplectic ...
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Homogeneous symplectic manifolds
I have often heard/read a statement (see, e.g., this MathOverflow question) equivalent to the following:
Let $G$ be a connected Lie group and $(M,\omega)$ a connected and simply-connected symplectic ...
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Define a symplectic structure on $G \times_{G_\beta} V$, where $V$ is symplectic
Let $G$ be a compact Lie group with algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. Let $\beta $ be an element in the dual of the Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$. We denote by $G_\beta$ the stabilizer subgroup of $\beta$ by ...
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Symplectic orbits in projective Hilbert spaces are simply connected
Let $G$ be a connected Lie group and let $(\pi, \mathcal{H})$ be an irreducible unitary representation of $G$ on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. Denote by $\mathcal{H}^{\infty}$ ...
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Asking whether there is a compact Lie group containing affine symplectic group
The affine symplectic group is interesting and important in physics. However, the Lie group is noncompact. In order to have some good properties (Basically, we need some good behavior of Haar measure) ...
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Are the odd dimensional spheres Poisson homogeneous spaces?
Are the odd dimensional spheres $S^{2n+1}$, for $n \in \mathbb{N}_{\geq 1}$, Poisson homogeneous spaces in the sense of Drinfeld?
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Coordinates for quasiperiodic motion after reconstruction
Consider a free action of $SO(3)$ on a manifold $M$ and some (reducible) dynamics vector field $X$ on $M$. Suposse that the reduced dynamics $X_{red}$ on $M/SO(3)$ has only fixed points and periodic ...
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Coadjoint orbits
I've posted the following question some days ago in math.stackexchange https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4155747/co-adjoint-orbit but I didn't get any answer!
While I was trying to teach my ...
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Question about an example in symplectic geometry
Let M be a coadjoint orbit of dimension 6 of $SU(3)$, and let T be the maximal torus in $SU(3)$. If we denote $\mu : M \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^2$ the moment map associated to the action of T on M, ...
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Moment map of $\mathrm{O}(n)$-action on $\mathbb{C}^n$
Let $(\mathbb{C}^n, \omega_0)$ be the complex Euclidean space of dimension $n$ with the standard Kähler structure $\omega_0$. I am looking for a Hamiltonian $\mathrm{O}(n)$-action on $(\mathbb{C}^n, \...
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An extension of symplectomorphism group
$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\Sp{Sp}$Let $\omega=\sum dx_i\wedge dy_i$ be the standard symplectic structure of $\mathbb{R}^{2n}=\mathbb{R}^{n}\times \mathbb{R}^n$.
We consider the ...
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Lifting one parameter subgroup $e^{t K}$ to the universal cover of $\mathrm{Sp}(2N,\mathbb{R})$
I would like to lift an arbitrary one-parameter subgroup $e^{t K}$ with $K\in\mathfrak{sp}(2N,\mathbb{R})$ to the universal cover $\widetilde{\mathrm{Sp}}(2N,\mathbb{R})$ (or at least its two-fold ...
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Quotients of Kähler manifolds
Let $X$ be a Kähler manifold and $G$ a complex semisimple Lie group acting freely on $X$ by biholomorphisms and such that the Riemannian metric is preserved by a maximal compact subgroup $K$ of $G$. ...
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Torsion-free $G$-Structures
I have the following question. Let $G \subset SO(n)$ be a Lie Group and $M$ be a smooth manifold of dimension $n$. Furthermore let $P$ be a $G$-structure on $M$ i.e. $P$ is a principal subbundle of ...
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Flag manifolds as homogeneous Kahler manifolds
In this question it is asked if every flag manifold can be given the structure of a Kähler manifold. In the first answer it is written
Flag manifolds exhaust all compact homogeneous Kähler ...
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Moment map interpretation of Einstein equation
Einstein's famous equation relates the geometry of a (4-dimensional) manifold to the matter content in that manifold.
Is there a way to obtain Einstein's equation as a moment map?
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Independence of Duistermaat-Heckman measure
Suppose that a compact Kähler manifold $(X,\omega)$ has a real torus acting on it by symplectomorphisms in a Hamiltonian way (the torus is not necessarily of maximal rank). Then for any smooth ...
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Lagrangian subgroup of a nonabelian Lie group
My post here concerns the concept of Lagrangian subgroup for a non-abelian Lie group, such as a semi-simple non-abelian Lie group for gauge theory.
See a previous post for other background ...
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Can I bring the Kirillov 2-form on coadjoint orbits to adjoint orbits?
I tried asking this question on stackexchange and received no response.
Given a semisimple Lie group, there is a symplectic structure on the coadjoint orbits arising from the Kirillov 2-form. Can I ...
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Effective actions by non-commutative groups have non-commuting fundamental vector fields?
I have a bit of a contradiction in my brain and I was hoping once again that excellent Mathoverflow community could help me out :)
Let $\rho_g$ be the action associated to a non-abelian Lie Group $G$ ...
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Isn't the quantomorphism group really just the "WKB-quantomorphism" group?
Introduction
In his second-most upvoted post, called "Why quantum mechanics?" (second only to his post on fibre bundles & gauge theory) in the physics SE community, Urs Schreiber, in the setting ...
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Index formula with nonisolated fixed points
Consider a compact Riemannian manifold of even dimension $n$ admitting a $U(1)$ action. If the fixed points of the action are isolated, then Witten [1; eq. 35] gives the character-valued index of the ...
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Finding generators of equivariant cohomology
Let $(M,\omega)$ be a symplectic manifold with symplectic form $\omega$, carrying a Hamiltonian action of a compact connected Lie group $G$ with moment map $\mu:M\to \mathfrak{g}^\ast$, where $\...
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Quantization of conjugacy classes in a Lie group
Let $G$ be a Lie group (and to be safe, let's assume it is semisimple). Consider the action of $G$ on itself by conjugation, and form the GIT (algebro-geometric) quotient $G/\!/G$. Then let $\pi:G\...
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Connection between integrable systems and group actions
An integrable system can be defined as a symplectic manifold together with the maxiumum possible number of Poisson commuting functions on the manifold which are almost everywhere independent. By the ...
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Possible to express the coadjoint orbits in terms of Kahler reduction?
I have heard for many times that the coadjoint orbits of a compact semi-simple Lie group are Kahler. While I know that the symplectic structure on a coadjoint orbit can be given by the symplectic ...
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Symplectic submanifolds of cotangent bundles of Lie groups
So, my question specifically pertains to $T^*SO(3)$ but I guess adjusted it could be asked about Lie groups in general. The canonical symplectic form on the cotangent bundle is invariant under the ...
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Hamiltonian Group action with infinitely many stabiliser types
What is an example of a connected symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$, with a Hamiltonian action of $G = U(1) =S^{1}$ with infinitely many stabiliser types?
Infinitely many stabiliser types means that ...
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Symplectic Lie groups
Assume that $G$ is a Lie group and at the same time it admits a symplectic structure.
Does $G$ necessarily admit a symplectic structure such that the right multiplication preserves the symplectic ...
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Intuition for symplectic groups
My question essentially breaks down to
How do you, a working mathematician, think about (real) symplectic groups? How do you visualize symplectic (linear) transformations? What intuition do you ...
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Hamiltonian potential invariant under lie group action?
Let $(M,g)$ be a riemannian manifold and $G$ a Lie group acting on $M$ by isometries.
Taking a $G$-invariant function $f\colon M \to \mathbb{R}$, we have the riemannian gradient $\operatorname{grad} ...
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Quotient space of Grassmannian
The Grassmannian $G(k,2k)$ is equipped with a nice $\mathbb Z_2$ action with respect to a non-degenerate symplectic bilinear form: $1.V=V^{perp}$. Is there a reference where the ring of polynomial ...
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$TSU(n)$ completely integrable with 3 $SU(2)$ invariant functions?
Consider the Lie group $SU(n)$ endowed with the standard bi-invariant metric. Then $SU(n)$ can be viewed as a symmetric space of $K_{n,n} := SU(n) \times SU(n)$.
Define $M := K_{n,n} /SU(n)$. Using ...
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Symplectic gradients whose span doesn't intersect Lie group orbits
I asked a similar question some hours ago. But thinking about my problem, I found a loophole in my arguments, so that my question wasn't the right one. This one is what I wanted to ask:
Let $G$ be a ...
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Invariant functions on the dual Lie algebra
Let $G$ be a real Lie group and $\mathfrak{g}$ the corresponding Lie algebra. Let $\mathfrak{g}^*$ be the dual of the Lie algebra. Then we have the coadjoint action of $G$ on $\mathfrak{g}^*$.
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set of coisotropic orbits open and dense, iff group acts locally transitively almost everywhere
I worked now some time with coisotropic actions of Liegroups on manifolds.
But there is one key fact, that I don't understand, although it is very central in my considerations.
Let $(M,\omega)$ be a ...
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A criterion for orbits of complex reductive group to be closed
I am having some trouble understanding Nakajima's proof of the Kempf-Ness theorem in [1]. At the end (proof of Proposition 3.9(6)), his argument is basically the following:
Let $G=K_{\Bbb C}$ be a ...
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multiplicity-free action on $SO(n+1)/SO(n-1)$
I'm trying to show that the Lie group $G=SO(n+1) \times SO(2)$ acts multiplicity-free on the cotangentbundle $T^* (SO(n+1)/SO(n-1))$.
That means:
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There exists an $\operatorname{Ad}^*_G$-...
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What are the finite subgroups of $\operatorname{Sp}_{2n}(\mathbb{Z})$?
I've read the following question:
Finite subgroups of ${\rm SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$ (reference request)
and it made me wonder. It's easy to see that $\operatorname{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})=\operatorname{Sp}_2(\...
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Points with finite stabilizer in Hamiltonian torus actions
Atiyah-Guillemin-Sternberg theorem asserts that the image of the moment map $\mu$ for a Hamiltonian $(S^1)^m$-action on a smooth compact symplectic manifold $(M^{2n},\omega)$ is a convex polytope of $\...
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The set of leaves of the distribution $D$ on coadjoint orbit $O_{\mu}$
Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group and $O_{\mu}$ be a coadjoint orbit where $\mu\in \mathfrak{g}^*$ and $\mathfrak{g}^*$ is the dual of the Lie algebra of $\mathfrak{g}=\mathrm{Lie}(G)$. Let $...
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G-invariant functions on manifold for G compact
In a paper I saw the following statement:
Let $M$ be a connected symplectic manifold and $G$ be a compact Liegroup acting symplectically and hamiltonian on $M$. Let $\Phi \colon M \to \mathfrak{g^*}$ ...
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Understanding moment maps and Lie brackets
I'm trying to learn about moment maps in symplectic topology (suppose our Lie group is $G$ with Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$, acting on the symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$ by symplectomorphisms). I'm ...
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