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The orbit space of a representation of a compact Lie group has a natural semialgebraic structure. We describe explicit ways of finding the inequalities defining this structure, and we give some applications.
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Partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant #MCS 8302575
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Procesi, C., Schwarz, G. Inequalities defining orbit spaces. Invent Math 81, 539–554 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01388587
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01388587