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Horn's problem in PU$(n,1)$

Geometric Topology 2025-07-24 v1 Representation Theory

Abstract

The multiplicative Horn problem is the following question: given three conjugacy classes C1,C2,C3\mathcal{C}_1, \mathcal{C}_2, \mathcal{C}_3 in a Lie group GG, do there exist elements (A,B,C)C1×C2×C3(A,B,C)\in\mathcal{C}_1\times\mathcal{C}_2\times\mathcal{C}_3 such that ABC=IdABC=\operatorname{Id}? In this paper, we study the multiplicative Horn problem restricted to the elliptic classes of the group G=PU(n,1)G={\rm PU}(n,1) for n1n\geq 1, which is the isometry group of the nn-dimensional complex hyperbolic space. We show that the solution set of Horn's problem in PU(n,1)(n,1) is a finite union of convex polytopes in the space of elliptic conjugacy classes. We give a complete description of these polytopes when n=2n=2.

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@article{arxiv.2507.17362,
  title  = {Horn's problem in PU$(n,1)$},
  author = {Arielle Marc-Zwecker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.17362},
  year   = {2025}
}
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