Some properties of locally conformal symplectic structures (Q699684)

From MaRDI portal
scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Some properties of locally conformal symplectic structures
scientific article

    Statements

    Some properties of locally conformal symplectic structures (English)
    0 references
    0 references
    25 September 2002
    0 references
    A 2-form \(\Omega\) on a manifold \(M\) is called a locally conformal symplectic structure if there exist an open cover \(M=\cup U_i\) and positive functions \(\lambda_i\) on \(U_i\) such that \(\Omega_i=\lambda_i\Omega\) are symplectic forms on \(U_i\). Then \(d\Omega=-\omega\wedge \Omega\) for a certain closed 1-form \(\omega\) (the Lee form) and \(d_\omega\)-cohomologies may be introduced by using the coboundary operator \(d_\omega \gamma=d\gamma+ \omega\wedge \gamma\). If \(\chi_\Omega(M)\) is the Lie algebra of all vector fields \(X\) on \(M\) such that \(L_X\Omega=0\), then \(\Omega\) is said to be of the first kind if \(\omega(X)\neq 0\) for appropriate \(X\in \chi_\Omega(M)\), otherwise, \(\Omega\) is of the second kind. The author very clearly recalls all such fundamental concepts (and many others). Then the article is devoted to a large spectrum of interesting topics: comparison of \(d_\omega\)-cohomologies and the de Rham cohomologies, a Moser theorem concerning the equivalence and deformation of structures, connections between first kind, second kind, essential and inessential, local and global conformal structures, conformal invariants. The Gelfand-Fuks cohomologies and the Hodge-de Rham theory are employed and several open problems are stated.
    0 references
    0 references
    locally conformal symplectic structures
    0 references
    Lee form
    0 references
    extended Lee homomorphism
    0 references
    de Rham invariant
    0 references
    Gelfand-Fuks invariant
    0 references
    Lee invariant
    0 references
    conformal invariants
    0 references
    essential / inessential conformal structures
    0 references
    \(d_\omega\) cohomology
    0 references
    \(c\mathcal A\)-cohomology
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references