On cohomological obstructions for the existence of log-symplectic structures (Q2347216)

The main objects of study in this paper are log-symplectic structures. A Poisson structure \(\pi\) on a manifold of dimension \(2n\) is called log-symplectic if the map \[ \wedge^{n}\pi : M \rightarrow \bigwedge^{2n}TM, \, x \mapsto \wedge^{n}\pi, \] is transverse to the zero section. Such structures first appeared in the setting of deformation quantization where they were called b-symplectic structures [\textit{R. Nest} and \textit{B. Tsygan}, J. Reine Angew. Math. 481, 27--54 (1996; Zbl 0866.58038)]. In the paper under review, the authors establish a cohomological obstruction to the existence of log-symplectic structures. In particular the following theorem is proved: Theorem: Let \((M, \pi)\) be a compact log-symplectic manifold. Then there exists a class \(c \in H^{2}(M)\) such that \(c^{n-1} \in H^{2n-2}(M)\) is nonzero.