Automorphisms of multiplicity free Hamiltonian manifolds

We compute the sheaf of automorphisms of a multiplicity free Hamiltonian manifold over its momentum polytope and show that its higher cohomology groups vanish. Together with a theorem of Losev, arXiv:math/0612561, this implies a conjecture of Delzant: a compact multiplicity free Hamiltonian manifold is uniquely determined by its momentum polytope and its principal isotropy group.Comment: v1: 42 pages; v2: 42 pages, abstract added, minor changes; v3: 43 pages, Corollary 11.4 added, minor change

Spherical roots of spherical varieties

Brion proved that the valuation cone of a complex spherical variety is a fundamental domain for a finite reflection group, called the little Weyl group. The principal goal of this paper is to generalize this fundamental theorem to fields of characteristic unequal to 2. We also prove a weaker version which holds in characteristic 2, as well. Our main tool is a generalization of Akhiezer's classification of spherical rank-1-varieties.Comment: v1; 19 pages; v2: 19 pages, reformatted to LaTeX, slightly expanded, a couple of minor errors corrected; v3: 19 pages, minor modifications, final versio

Functoriality properties of the dual group

Let $G$ be a connected reductive group. In a previous paper, arxiv:1702.08264, is was shown that the dual group $G^\vee_X$ attached to a $G$-variety $X$ admits a natural homomorphism with finite kernel to the Langlands dual group $G^\vee$ of $G$. Here, we prove that the dual group is functorial in the following sense: if there is a dominant $G$-morphism $X\to Y$ or an injective $G$-morphism $Y\to X$ then there is a canonical homomorphism $G^\vee_Y\to G^\vee_X$ which is compatible with the homomorphisms to $G^\vee$.Comment: v1:14 pages; v2: 16 pages, changed Rem. 2.3, Rem. 2.9, proof of Thm. 3.2; v3: 2 typos correcte

A recursion and a combinatorial formula for Jack polynomials

Heckman and Opdam introduced a non-symmetric analogue of Jack polynomials using Cherednik operators. In this paper, we derive a simple recursion formula for these polynomials and formulas relating the symmetric Jack polynomials with the non-symmetric ones. These formulas are then implemented by a closed expression of symmetric and non-symmetric Jack polynomials in terms of certain tableaux. The main application is a proof of a conjecture of Macdonald stating certain integrality and positivity properties of Jack polynomials.Comment: Preprint March 1996, to appear in Invent. Math., 15 pages, Plain Te