The Geometric Structure of Symplectic Contraction

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNY122MaRDI QIDQ5115660zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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Publication date 17 August 2020

Published in IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.10329

zbMATH Keywords

Gelfand-Tsetlin systemgradient-Hamiltonian flowquotient of a Hamiltonian manifoldstratified null foliation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Coadjoint orbits; nilpotent varieties (17B08) Momentum maps; symplectic reduction (53D20) Relations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems with topology, geometry and differential geometry (symplectic geometry, Poisson geometry, etc.) (37J39)

Abstract: We show that the symplectic contraction map of Hilgert-Manon-Martens -- a symplectic version of Popov's horospherical contraction -- is simply the quotient of a Hamiltonian manifold $M$ by a "stratified null foliation" that is determined by the group action and moment map. We also show that the quotient differential structure on the symplectic contraction of $M$ supports a Poisson bracket. We end by proving a very general description of the topology of fibers of Gelfand-Zeitlin systems on multiplicity free Hamiltonian $U(n)$ and $SO(n)$ manifolds.

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