On field theoretic generalizations of a Poisson algebra

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DOI10.1016/S0034-4877(97)85919-8zbMATH Open0905.58008arXivhep-th/9710069OpenAlexW2069361765WikidataQ56443480 ScholiaQ56443480MaRDI QIDQ1387175FDOQ1387175

Igor V. Kanatchikov

Publication date: 4 January 1999

Published in: Reports on Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A few generalizations of a Poisson algebra to field theory canonically formulated in terms of the polymomentum variables are discussed. A graded Poisson bracket on differential forms and an (n+1)-ary bracket on functions are considered. The Poisson bracket on differential forms gives rise to various generalizations of a Gerstenhaber algebra: the noncommutative (in the sense of Loday) and the higher-order (in the sense of the higher order graded Leibniz rule). The (n+1)-ary bracket fulfills the properties of the Nambu bracket including the ``fundamental identity, thus leading to the Nambu-Poisson algebra. We point out that in the field theory context the Nambu bracket with a properly defined covariant analogue of Hamilton's function determines a joint evolution of several dynamical variables.


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