On the Kostant convexity theorem

Authors

Francois Ziegler

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1992

Publication Title

The American Mathematical Society

DOI

0.1090/S0002-9939-1992-1111441-7

Abstract

A quick proof that the coadjoint orbits of a compact connected Lie group project onto convex polytopes in the dual of a Cartan subalgebra.

Recommended Citation

Ziegler, Francois. 1992. "On the Kostant convexity theorem." The American Mathematical Society, 115 (4): 1111-1113. doi: 0.1090/S0002-9939-1992-1111441-7
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/math-sci-facpubs/406