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September  2012, 4(3): 271-296. doi: 10.3934/jgm.2012.4.271

## Invariant sets forced by symmetry

 1 Department of Mathematics, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383, United States 2 Zentrum Mathematik, TU München, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85747 Garching, Germany 3 Lehrstuhl A für Mathematik, RWTH Aachen, 52056 Aachen

Received  May 2011 Revised  May 2012 Published  October 2012

Given a linear (algebraic) group $G$ acting on real or complex $n$-space, we determine all the common invariant sets of $G$-symmetric vector fields. It turns out that the investigation of certain algebraic varieties is sufficient to characterize these invariant sets forced by symmetry. Toral, compact and reductive groups are discussed in some detail, and examples, including a Couette-Taylor system, are presented.
Citation: Frank D. Grosshans, Jürgen Scheurle, Sebastian Walcher. Invariant sets forced by symmetry. Journal of Geometric Mechanics, 2012, 4 (3) : 271-296. doi: 10.3934/jgm.2012.4.271
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