On convexity and the Iwasawa decomposition of split real and complex Kac-Moody groups

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Main Authors: Zellhofer, Paul, Köhl, Ralf
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author Zellhofer, Paul
Köhl, Ralf
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Köhl, Ralf
contents We prove an analogue of Kostant's convexity theorem for split real and complex Kac-Moody groups associated to free and cofree root data. The result can be seen as a first step towards describing the multiplication map in a Kac-Moody group in terms of Iwasawa coordinates. Our method involves a detailed analysis of the geometry of Weyl group orbits in the Cartan subalgebra of a real Kac-Moody algebra. It provides an alternative proof of Kostant convexity for semisimple Lie groups and also generalizes a linear analogue of Kostant's theorem for Kac-Moody algebras that has been established by Kac and Peterson in 1984.
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spellingShingle On convexity and the Iwasawa decomposition of split real and complex Kac-Moody groups
Zellhofer, Paul
Köhl, Ralf
Representation Theory
Group Theory
20G02
We prove an analogue of Kostant's convexity theorem for split real and complex Kac-Moody groups associated to free and cofree root data. The result can be seen as a first step towards describing the multiplication map in a Kac-Moody group in terms of Iwasawa coordinates. Our method involves a detailed analysis of the geometry of Weyl group orbits in the Cartan subalgebra of a real Kac-Moody algebra. It provides an alternative proof of Kostant convexity for semisimple Lie groups and also generalizes a linear analogue of Kostant's theorem for Kac-Moody algebras that has been established by Kac and Peterson in 1984.
title On convexity and the Iwasawa decomposition of split real and complex Kac-Moody groups
topic Representation Theory
Group Theory
20G02
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.02584