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On the Kostant convexity theorem
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Abstract:

A quick proof that the coadjoint orbits of a compact connected Lie group project onto convex polytopes in the dual of a Cartan subalgebra.
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  • © Copyright 1992 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 115 (1992), 1111-1113
  • MSC: Primary 22E60; Secondary 22E15, 58F06
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1992-1111441-7
  • MathSciNet review: 1111441