Convexity properties of Hamiltonian group actions Victor Guillemin, Reyer Sjamaar. CRM monograph series 26.

Guillemin, Victor:

ISBN 10: 0821842366 / ISBN 13: 9780821842362

Editore: Providence, American Mathematical Society [2005]., 2005

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• Titolo: Convexity properties of Hamiltonian group actions Victor Guillemin, Reyer Sjamaar. CRM monograph series 26.
• Editore: Providence, American Mathematical Society [2005].
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0821842366
• ISBN 13: 9780821842362
• Rilegatura: Softcover
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • SA MATHEMATIK

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This is a monograph on convexity properties of moment mappings in symplectic geometry. The fundamental result in this subject is the Kirwan convexity theorem, which describes the image of a moment map in terms of linear inequalities. This theorem bears a close relationship to perplexing old puzzles from linear algebra, such as the Horn problem on sums of Hermitian matrices, on which considerable progress has been made in recent years following a breakthrough by Klyachko. The book presents a simple local model for the moment polytope, valid in the ""generic"" case, and an elementary Morse-theoretic argument deriving the Klyachko inequalities and some of their generalizations. It reviews various infinite-dimensional manifestations of moment convexity, such as the Kostant type theorems for orbits of a loop group (due to Atiyah and Pressley) or a symplectomorphism group (due to Bloch, Flaschka and Ratiu).Finally, it gives an account of a new convexity theorem for moment map images of orbits of a Borel su This volume is recommended for independent study and is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in symplectic geometry, algebraic geometry, and geometric combinatorics. Information for our distributors: Titles in this series are co-published with the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques.