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arxiv: 1708.05566 · v1 · pith:QA5Z2ZI2new · submitted 2017-08-18 · 🧮 math.GR

Decompositions of Kac-Moody groups

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Let $G$ be a split (minimal) Kac-Moody group over $\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$ with maximal torus $T$, and let $\theta$ be a Cartan-Chevalley involution of $G$, twisted by complex conjugation, and satisfying that $\theta(T)=T$. Furthermore, let $K$ be the subgroup fixed by $\theta$, and $\tau:G\to G, g\mapsto g\theta(g)^{-1}$. Let $A:=\tau(T)$. In this note, we show resp. revisit that $G$ admits a (refined) Iwasawa decompositions $G=UAK$. We also show that if $G$ is of non-spherical type, then it never admits a polar decomposition $G=\tau(G)K$ nor a Cartan decompositions $G=KAK$. This has implications for the geometrical structure of the Kac-Moody symmetric space $G/K \cong \tau(G)$.

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