A note on the geometry of linear Hamiltonian systems of signature 0 in R^4

DOI10.1016/J.DIFGEO.2007.02.003MaRDI QIDQ2641708zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors James Montaldi

Publication date 23 August 2007

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0510352

zbMATH Keywords

Hamiltonian systemsLagrangian planesnull-conesymplectic geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability problems for finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J25) Symplectic manifolds (general theory) (53D05)

Abstract: It is shown that a linear Hamiltonian system of signature zero in 4 dimensions is elliptic or hyperbolic according to the number of Lagrangian planes in the null-cone $H^{-1}(0)$, or equivalently the number of invariant Lagrangian planes. An extension to higher dimensions is described.

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