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Gelfand-Zeitlin theory from the perspective of classical mechanics II

Symplectic Geometry 2007-05-23 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

In this paper, Part II, of a two part paper we apply the results of [KW], Part I, to establish, with an explicit dual coordinate system, a commutative analogue of the Gelfand-Kirillov theorem for M(n), the algebra of n×nn\times n complex matrices. The function field F(n) of M(n) has a natural Poisson structure and an exact analogue would be to show that F(n) is isomorphic to the function field of a n(n1)n(n-1)-dimensional phase space over a Poisson central rational function field in nn variables. Instead we show that this the case for a Galois extension, F(n,e)F(n, {\frak e}), of F(n). The techniques use a maximal Poisson commutative algebra of functions arising from Gelfand-Zeitlin theory, the algebraic action of a n(n1)/2n(n-1)/2--dimensional torus on F(n,e)F(n, {\frak e}), and the structure of a Zariski open subset of M(n) as a n(n1)/2n(n-1)/2--dimensional torus bundle over a n(n+1)/2n(n+1)/2--dimensional base space of Hessenberg matrices.

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@article{arxiv.math/0501387,
  title  = {Gelfand-Zeitlin theory from the perspective of classical mechanics II},
  author = {Bertram Kostant and Nolan Wallach},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0501387},
  year   = {2007}
}

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38 pages, plain tex