Poisson geometry of directed networks in an annulus

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Abstract: As a generalization of Postnikov's construction (see arXiv: math/0609764), we define a map from the space of edge weights of a directed network in an annulus into a space of loops in the Grassmannian. We then show that universal Poisson brackets introduced for the space of edge weights in arXiv: 0805.3541 induce a family of Poisson structures on rational-valued matrix functions and on the space of loops in the Grassmannian. In the former case, this family includes, for a particular kind of networks, the Poisson bracket associated with the trigonometric R-matrix.


This paper is devoted to the Poisson geometry behind directed networks on surfaces. In previous works, the authors have already used Postnikov's construction in order to parametrize cells in Grassmannians and proved that the space of weights of networks in a disk can be naturally endowed with Poisson brackets. The purpose of this paper is to generalize the construction for directed weighted networks in an annulus. To this aim, the authors first associate with every network a matrix of boundary measurements. Then, they characterize all universal Poisson brackets on the space of edge weights. They show that the universal Poisson brackets induce a family of Poisson structures on rational matrix-valued functions and on the space of loops in the Grassmannian.











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