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A symmetric space is a connected Riemannian manifold in which at every point there exists a global self-isometry whose differential at the given point is minus identity.

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Weyl group of a symmetric space

Let $G/K$ be a symmetric space of a non-compact type, i.e. $G$ is a semi-simple connected Lie group, and $K$ is its maximal compact subgroup. Helgason in his book "Differential geometry and symmetric …
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Invariant differential operators on real Grassmannians

I am looking for an explicit description of the algebra of $SO(n)$- or, better, $O(n)$-invariant differential operators on the real Grassmann manifolds of $k$-dimensional linear subspaces in the Eucli …
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Harish-Chandra isomorphism for compact symmetric spaces

I would be interested to have an explicit description of the algebra of invariant differential operators on functions on a compact symmetric space $G/K$. A reference would be especially useful. B …
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Spherical functions in the space of functions on real Grassmannians

Let $G=O(n)$ be the orthogonal group. Let $K=S(O(k)\times O(n-k))$ be the subgroup of $O(n)$. Then the pair $(G,K)$ is symmetric, and the homomogeneous space $G/K$ is the Grassmannian of $k$-dimension …
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Applications of Jordan algebras

Jordan algebras are non-associative algebras satisfying a somewhat strange (to me) list of axioms, see wikipedia. Basic examples are real symmetric and complex hermitian matrices with the product $A\c …
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Geodesic preserving diffeomorphisms of constant curvature spaces

Let $X$ be either Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^n$, the sphere $\mathbb{S}^n$, or hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^n$. I would like to have a classification of all diffeomorphisms $X\to X$ which map e …
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