Simple coisotropic projections and caustics (Q4408015)

The author considers a collection of the independent functions \(h_1,\ldots ,h_k,\) \(k\leq n\) defined on a symplectic space \((M^{2n},\omega)\), which are pairwise in involution. The common level sets of this collection are coisotropic submanifolds, say \(C_c^{2n-k}=(h_1,\ldots ,h_k)^{-1}(c),\) \(c\in {\mathbb R} ^k\). A Lagrangian submanifold \(L\subset M^{2n}\) can meet certain fiber \(C_c\) nontransversally. The set of such values \(c\in {\mathbb R}^k\) is called a coisotropic caustic of \(L.\) The underlying equivalence relation is provided by the group of symplectomorphisms of the ambient space, which preserves the coisotropic fibration. The author classifies the simple normal forms of such coisotropic caustics by the generating functions of the corresponding Lagrangian submanifolds in Darboux coordinates. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0972.00032].