Generalized Kostant convexity theorems

Foth, Philip

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09482-3

Generalized Kostant convexity theorems
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 297-301 Request permission

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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