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The Equivariant LS-Category of Polar Actions

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We will provide a lower bound for the equivariant Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of an arbitrary proper action in terms of the stratification by orbit types, and an upper bound for proper polar actions in terms of the equivariant Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of its generalized Weyl group. As an application we reprove a theorem of Singhof that determines the classical Lusternik-Schnirelmann category for U(n) and SU(n).

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@article{arxiv.0704.3513,
  title  = {The Equivariant LS-Category of Polar Actions},
  author = {Steven Hurder and Dirk Toeben},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.3513},
  year   = {2007}
}