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On collective complete integrability according to the method of Thimm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Victor Guillemin
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139, U.S.A.
Shlomo Sternberg
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, U.S.A.
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Let G be a Lie group acting in Hamiltonian fashion on a symplectic manifold M with moment map Φ:Mg*. A function of the form ƒ∘Φ where ƒ is a function on g* is called ‘collective’. We obtain necessary conditions on the G action for there to exist enough Poisson commuting functions on g* so that the corresponding collective functions on M form a completely integrable system. For the case G = O(n) or U(n) these conditions are sufficient. This explains Thimm's proof [17] of the complete integrability of the geodesic flow on the real and complex grassmanians. We also discuss related questions in the geometry of the moment map.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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