Some remarks on Richardson orbits in complex symmetric spaces

Noël, Alfred

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-05-01784-9

Some remarks on Richardson orbits in complex symmetric spaces
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Math. Comp. 75 (2006), 395-417 Request permission

Abstract:

Roger W. Richardson proved that any parabolic subgroup of a complex semisimple Lie group admits an open dense orbit in the nilradical of its corresponding parabolic subalgebra. In the case of complex symmetric spaces we show that there exist some large classes of parabolic subgroups for which the analogous statement which fails in general, is true. Our main contribution is the extension of a theorem of Peter E. Trapa (in 2005) to real semisimple exceptional Lie groups.

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