Decompositions of Kac-Moody groups
Group Theory
2017-08-21 v1
Abstract
Let be a split (minimal) Kac-Moody group over or with maximal torus , and let be a Cartan-Chevalley involution of , twisted by complex conjugation, and satisfying that . Furthermore, let be the subgroup fixed by , and . Let . In this note, we show resp. revisit that admits a (refined) Iwasawa decompositions . We also show that if is of non-spherical type, then it never admits a polar decomposition nor a Cartan decompositions . This has implications for the geometrical structure of the Kac-Moody symmetric space .
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@article{arxiv.1708.05566,
title = {Decompositions of Kac-Moody groups},
author = {Max Horn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05566},
year = {2017}
}