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Variationally complete actions on compact symmetric spaces

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We prove that an isometric action of a compact Lie group on a compact symmetric space is variationally complete if and only if it is hyperpolar.

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@article{arxiv.math/0204331,
  title  = {Variationally complete actions on compact symmetric spaces},
  author = {Claudio Gorodski and Gudlaugur Thorbergsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0204331},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Latex2e, 8 pages