Equivariant formality of isotropy actions on homogeneous spaces defined by Lie group automorphisms

Abstract

We show that the isotropy action of a homogeneous space $G/K$, where $G$ and $K$ are compact, connected Lie groups and $K$ is defined by an automorphism on $G$, is equivariantly formal and that $(G,K)$ is a Cartan pair.

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