On the orbit space of an irreducible representation of the special unitary group

Styrt, O.

doi:10.1090/S0077-1554-2014-00222-3

On the orbit space of an irreducible representation of the special unitary group
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by O. G. Styrt

Trans. Moscow Math. Soc. 2013, 145-164

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0077-1554-2014-00222-3

Published electronically: April 9, 2014

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Abstract:

We prove that the quotient of an irreducible representation of a special unitary group of rank greater than $1$ cannot be a smooth manifold.

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