Symplectic structures of the spaces of projective and affine curves (Q1893843)

Let \(\Gamma_T\) denote the space of nondegenerate and nonparametrized curves on the sphere \(S^n\) equivariant with respect to the fixed monodromy \(T \in \text{PGL} (n + 1,\mathbb{R})\). It was shown by [\textit{B. A. Khesin} and \textit{V. Yu. Ovsienko}, Funct. Anal. Appl. 24, No. 1, 33-40 (1990); translation from Funkts. Anal. Prilozh. 24, No. 1, 38-47 (1990; Zbl 0723.58021)] that the quotient spaces \(\overline {\Gamma}_T = \Gamma_T/ \text{PGL} (n + 1, R)\) are symplectic leaves of the Adler- Gel'fand-Dikii bracket. Using this result, the authors define the symplectic structure on the space of nondegenerate and nonparametrized curves in a locally affine manifold. They construct several examples of spaces of nondegenerate projective curves endowed with Poisson structures and connect the Virasoro algebra and the Gel'fand-Dikii bracket with the projective differential geometry.