# pre-symplectic and foliation and its trajectories

Let $(M,\omega)$, be pre-symplectic, then can we say, we have a foliation of $M$, with tangent spaces $ker\omega$.What can we say about its trajectories. ?

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If your definition of pre-symplectic involves constant rank and $\ker\omega$ defines a smooth distribution of hyperplanes in the tangent bundle, then an application of the Frobenious theorem shows that you have a foliation tangent to $\ker \omega$. I'm not sure that one can say more than that in general.
Seems like a full answer to me. Only obstruction to the characteristic distribution (ker($\omega$) being an honest distribution is that its rank jumps. As Igor says, if this rank is const. , then it is involutive as a distribution. –  Richard Montgomery Jul 1 '13 at 5:05
Hassan, it's possible you're missing the connection. When the dimension of $\ker \omega$ is larger than 1, a leaf of the foliation is the generalization of the $1$-dimensional notion of a trajectory. –  Igor Khavkine Jul 1 '13 at 10:33