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A Convexity Theorem for Boundariesof Ordered Symmetric Spaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Joachim Hilgert
Joachim Hilgert*
Affiliation:
Mathematisches Institut, TU Clausthal Erzstr. I 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
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Abstract

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We consider a class of real flag manifolds which occur as Fürstenberg boundaries of ordered symmetric spaces and study the image of associated momentum maps. The presence of the order structure is responsible for much stronger convexity properties than in the general case.

Keywords

22E4522E60
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , 01 August 1994 , pp. 746 - 757
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1994

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