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Polygons in Minkowski space and Gelfand-Tsetlin for pseudounitary groups

Symplectic Geometry 2009-11-13 v2 Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We study the symplectic geometry of the moduli spaces of polygons in the Minkowski 3-space. These spaces naturally carry completely integrable systems with periodic flows. We extend the Gelfand-Tsetlin method to pseudo-unitary groups and show that the action variables are given by the Minkowsky lengths of non-intersecting diagonals.

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@article{arxiv.math/0703525,
  title  = {Polygons in Minkowski space and Gelfand-Tsetlin for pseudounitary groups},
  author = {Philip Foth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0703525},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, minor corrections

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