A variational principle for symplectic connections

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(98)00059-XzbMath0963.53050MaRDI QIDQ1299212

Frédéric Bourgeois, Michel Cahen

Publication date: 19 June 2001

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

variational principle; symplectic connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53D05: Symplectic manifolds (general theory)

53C07: Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills)

58E15: Variational problems concerning extremal problems in several variables; Yang-Mills functionals

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