A Grassmannian description of embedding theorems for Riemannian symmetric spaces

Chen, Yunxia

doi:10.1090/proc/15190

A Grassmannian description of embedding theorems for Riemannian symmetric spaces
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Abstract:

For Hermitian symmetric spaces, we have the Borel embedding theorem the Harish-Chandra embedding theorem, and the Hermann convexity theorem. In this paper, we will generalize these theorems to all classical symmetric spaces using the Grassmannian language.

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