The affine invariant of generalized semitoric systems

arXiv1307.7516MaRDI QIDQ6243718FDOQ6243718

Authors: Álvaro Pelayo, T. S. Ratiu, San Vũ Ngọc 

Publication date: 29 July 2013

Abstract: A generalized semitoric system F:=(J,H): M --> R^2 on a symplectic 4-manifold is an integrable system whose essential properties are that F is a proper map, its set of regular values is connected, J generates an S^1-action and is not necessarily proper. These systems can exhibit focus-focus singularities, which correspond to fibers of F which are topologically multipinched tori. The image F(M) is a singular affine manifold which contains a distinguished set of isolated points in its interior: the focus-focus values {(x_i,y_i)} of F. By performing a vertical cutting procedure along the lines {x:=x_i}, we construct a homeomorphism f : F(M) --> f(F(M)), which restricts to an affine diffeomorphism away from these vertical lines, and generalizes a construction of Vu Ngoc. The set Delta:=f(F(M)) in R^2 is a symplectic invariant of (M,omega,F), which encodes the affine structure of F. Moreover, Delta may be described as a countable union of planar regions of four distinct types, where each type is defined as the region bounded between the graphs of two functions with various properties (piecewise linear, continuous, convex, etc). If F is a toric system, Delta is a convex polygon (as proven by Atiyah and Guillemin-Sternberg) and f is the identity.

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