Extensions of Lie-Rinehart algebras and cotangent bundle reduction

DOI10.1112/PLMS/PDT030zbMATH Open1304.53083arXiv0801.4099OpenAlexW2141884087MaRDI QIDQ2864129FDOQ2864129

Authors: J. Huebschmann, M. Perlmutter, T. S. Ratiu 

Publication date: 5 December 2013

Published in: Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Third Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let Q denote a smooth manifold acted upon smoothly by a Lie group G. The G-action lifts to an action on the total space T of the cotangent bundle of Q and hence on the standard symplectic Poisson algebra of smooth functions on T. The Poisson algebra of G-invariant functions on T yields a Poisson structure on the space T/G of G-orbits. We relate this Poisson algebra with extensions of Lie-Rinehart algebras and derive an explicit formula for this Poisson structure in terms of differentials. We then show, for the particular case where the G-action on Q is principal, how an explicit description of the Poisson algebra derived in the literature by an ad hoc construction is essentially a special case of the formula for the corresponding extension of Lie-Rinehart algebras. By means of various examples, we also show that this kind of description breaks down when the G-action does not define a principal bundle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.4099

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zbMATH Keywords

Poisson structuresreductionLie-Rinehart algebrascotangent bundle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Poisson algebras (17B63) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Poisson manifolds; Poisson groupoids and algebroids (53D17) Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20)

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