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Given a Lie group $G$, it acts smoothly on the dual $\mathfrak g^*$ of its Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ by the coadjoint action. The orbits of that action are called coadjoint orbits.

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Meaning of the coadjoint representation and its orbits

Given a Lie group $G$ there is a natural representation of $G$ on the dual of its Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}^*$ given by the coadjoint representation. This representation is obtained by differentiating …
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