Reduction of a symplectic-like Lie algebroid with momentum map and its application to fiberwise linear Poisson structures (Q2888583)

The well-known Marsden-Weinstein reduction theory is extended here to the setup of Lie algebroids. In complete analogy to the cases of cotangent bundles and general symplectic manifolds one can consider symplectic-like algebroids and general Lie algebroids. These analogies are traced out for the zero and non-zero values of the momentum and the case when the stationary group \(G_{\mu}\) coincides with the entire symmetry group \(G\). No mechanical applications are provided in the paper but the authors declare that the dynamical aspects of these reductions will be treated elsewhere.