The Centralizer of Invariant Functions and Division Properties of the Moment Map

Abstract

Let Phi : M --> g^* be a proper moment map associated to an action of a compact connected Lie group, G, on a connected symplectic manifold, (M,ω). A collective function is a pullback via Φof a smooth function on g^*. In this paper we present four new results about the relationship between the collective functions and the G-invariant functions in the Poisson algebra of smooth functions on M.

We essentially rewrote the paper. 22 pages, LaTeX2e. Will appear in the Illinois Journal of Mathematics in late 1997