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Abelianization and the Duistermaat-Heckman theorem

Symplectic Geometry 2023-02-07 v1

Abstract

Fix a compact connected Lie group GG with Lie algebra g\mathfrak{g}, as well as a strong Gelfand-Cetlin datum on g\mathfrak{g}^*. Let us also fix a connected symplectic manifold MM endowed with an effective Hamiltonian GG-action and proper moment map. We associate to such information a measure on Rb\mathbb{R}^{\mathrm{b}}, where b=12(dimG+rankG)\mathrm{b}=\frac{1}{2}(\dim G+\mathrm{rank}\hspace{2pt}G). We also express the Radon-Nikodym derivative of this measure in terms of the volumes of the symplectic quotients of MM by GG, and thereby prove a non-abelian version of the Duistermaat-Heckman theorem.

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@article{arxiv.2302.02421,
  title  = {Abelianization and the Duistermaat-Heckman theorem},
  author = {Peter Crooks and Jonathan Weitsman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.02421},
  year   = {2023}
}
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