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Convexity for twisted conjugation

Differential Geometry 2020-01-29 v3

Abstract

Let GG be a compact, simply connected Lie group. If C1,C2\mathcal{C}_1,\mathcal{C}_2 are two GG-conjugacy classes, then the set of elements in GG that can be written as products g=g1g2g=g_1g_2 of elements giCig_i\in \mathcal{C}_i is invariant under conjugation, and its image under the quotient map GG/Ad(G)G\to G/\operatorname{Ad}(G) is a convex polytope inside the Weyl alcove. In this note, we will prove an analogous statement for twisted conjugations relative to group automorphisms. The result will be obtained as a special case of a convexity theorem for group-valued moment maps which are equivariant with respect to the twisted conjugation action.

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@article{arxiv.1512.09000,
  title  = {Convexity for twisted conjugation},
  author = {Eckhard Meinrenken},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.09000},
  year   = {2020}
}

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To appear in Mathematical Research Letters

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