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Generalized Kostant convexity theorems

Author(s): Philip Foth
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 297-301.
MSC (2000): Primary 53D20; Secondary 53D17, 22E15
Posted: May 15, 2008
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Abstract: We give a simple proof of the equality of the spectra for projections to Levi factors in the linear and non-linear cases, generalizing a classical theorem of Kostant.


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Additional Information:

Philip Foth
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0089
Email: foth@math.arizona.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09482-3
PII: S 0002-9939(08)09482-3
Keywords: Reductive Lie group, parabolic subgroup, Poisson Lie group, moment map, convexity.
Received by editor(s): September 4, 2007,
Received by editor(s) in revised form: January 7, 2008
Posted: May 15, 2008
Communicated by: Gail R. Letzter
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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