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Examples of non-equivariant momentum maps

What are examples of non-equivariant momentum maps? Off the top of my hat, I know about the following examples: the action of translations of a symplectic vector space (yielding the Heisenberg group ...
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The homotopy type of the space of symplectic structures

While reading the book Introduction to the $h$-Principle by Y. Eliashberg and N. Mishachev, I noticed that the authors state, at the end of section 9.1.A, that the space of all symplectic structures ...
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Relation between weight spaces of fixed loci of Hamiltonian $S^1$-actions

Consider an almost Kähler manifold $(M,\omega,I)$ with a $I$-(pseudo)holomorphic $\mathbb{C}^*$-action, whose $S^1$-part is Hamiltonian and the fixed locus $F=M^{S^1}$ is compact. Then, it breaks $F=\...
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Symplectic principal bundles

A symplectic principal bundle is a principal bundle $(X,B, G)$ with projection map $q:X\to B$ such that $X$ and $B$ are symplectic manifolds and the right action of $G$ preserves the symplectic ...
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Symplectic orbits in projective Hilbert spaces are simply connected

Let $G$ be a connected Lie group and let $(\pi, \mathcal{H})$ be an irreducible unitary representation of $G$ on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$. Denote by $\mathcal{H}^{\infty}$ ...
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Are the odd dimensional spheres Poisson homogeneous spaces?

Are the odd dimensional spheres $S^{2n+1}$, for $n \in \mathbb{N}_{\geq 1}$, Poisson homogeneous spaces in the sense of Drinfeld?
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Moment map of $\mathrm{O}(n)$-action on $\mathbb{C}^n$

Let $(\mathbb{C}^n, \omega_0)$ be the complex Euclidean space of dimension $n$ with the standard Kähler structure $\omega_0$. I am looking for a Hamiltonian $\mathrm{O}(n)$-action on $(\mathbb{C}^n, \...
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An extension of symplectomorphism group

$\DeclareMathOperator\GL{GL}\DeclareMathOperator\Sp{Sp}$Let $\omega=\sum dx_i\wedge dy_i$ be the standard symplectic structure of $\mathbb{R}^{2n}=\mathbb{R}^{n}\times \mathbb{R}^n$. We consider the ...
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Quotients of Kähler manifolds

Let $X$ be a Kähler manifold and $G$ a complex semisimple Lie group acting freely on $X$ by biholomorphisms and such that the Riemannian metric is preserved by a maximal compact subgroup $K$ of $G$. ...
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Torsion-free $G$-Structures

I have the following question. Let $G \subset SO(n)$ be a Lie Group and $M$ be a smooth manifold of dimension $n$. Furthermore let $P$ be a $G$-structure on $M$ i.e. $P$ is a principal subbundle of ...
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Moment map interpretation of Einstein equation

Einstein's famous equation relates the geometry of a (4-dimensional) manifold to the matter content in that manifold. Is there a way to obtain Einstein's equation as a moment map? More precisely, ...
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Can I bring the Kirillov 2-form on coadjoint orbits to adjoint orbits?

I tried asking this question on stackexchange and received no response. Given a semisimple Lie group, there is a symplectic structure on the coadjoint orbits arising from the Kirillov 2-form. Can I ...
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Isn't the quantomorphism group really just the "WKB-quantomorphism" group?

Introduction In his second-most upvoted post, called "Why quantum mechanics?" (second only to his post on fibre bundles & gauge theory) in the physics SE community, Urs Schreiber, in the setting ...
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Index formula with nonisolated fixed points

Consider a compact Riemannian manifold of even dimension $n$ admitting a $U(1)$ action. If the fixed points of the action are isolated, then Witten [1; eq. 35] gives the character-valued index of the ...
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Possible to express the coadjoint orbits in terms of Kahler reduction?

I have heard for many times that the coadjoint orbits of a compact semi-simple Lie group are Kahler. While I know that the symplectic structure on a coadjoint orbit can be given by the symplectic ...
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Hamiltonian Group action with infinitely many stabiliser types

What is an example of a connected symplectic manifold $(M,\omega)$, with a Hamiltonian action of $G = U(1) =S^{1}$ with infinitely many stabiliser types? Infinitely many stabiliser types means that ...
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Intuition for symplectic groups

My question essentially breaks down to How do you, a working mathematician, think about (real) symplectic groups? How do you visualize symplectic (linear) transformations? What intuition do you ...
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Quotient space of Grassmannian

The Grassmannian $G(k,2k)$ is equipped with a nice $\mathbb Z_2$ action with respect to a non-degenerate symplectic bilinear form: $1.V=V^{perp}$. Is there a reference where the ring of polynomial ...
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The set of leaves of the distribution $D$ on coadjoint orbit $O_{\mu}$

Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group and $O_{\mu}$ be a coadjoint orbit where $\mu\in \mathfrak{g}^*$ and $\mathfrak{g}^*$ is the dual of the Lie algebra of $\mathfrak{g}=\mathrm{Lie}(G)$. Let $...
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Check symplectomorphism property on infinitesimal generators

I stumbled over the following question: First, let me give the basic definition of a symplectic group action: Let $(M, \omega)$ be a symplectic manifold and $G$ a Lie group. A smooth action $\Phi:G \...
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Non Hamiltonian vector field

Let $\Phi: G \times M \rightarrow M$ be a group action on a symplectic manifold $M$ and $G$ be a Lie group. Furthermore, $x$ is a solution of the Hamilton equation $\dot{x}(t) = X_H(x(t))$ and for a ...
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Integrating Poisson groups

Recall that a symplectic groupoid (http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183553676) is a Lie groupoid $\mathcal{G}\rightrightarrows X$ together with a symplectic structure on $\mathcal{G}$ ...
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Kernel of flux homomorphism (Calabi invariant) for volume-preserving maps on a compact manifold

Good morning everybody, I am currently reading through the book of Banyaga "Structure of classical diffeomorphism groups" link, and I am particularly interested in the question of factorizing volume-...
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Complex symplectic reduction

Oddly I find about zero resources talking about "complex symplectic reduction" upon a web search. Is there anything wrong with it? I guess maybe there are two competing settings a priori: a complex ...
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Kodaira dimension of co-adjoint orbit

Let $G$ be a compact Lie group and $a\in\mathfrak{g}^*$ (dual of Lie algebra of Lie group $G$). Then let $\mathcal O_a$ be a coadjoint orbit. Then every co-adjoint orbit is Kähler manifold and also ...
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Relation between volume of reduced space and phase space

Let $G$ ba a compat Lie group and $\frak g$ be its Lie algebra, then by Marsden-Weinstein reduction theory we know that if $J:M\to \frak g^*$ be its equivariant moment map then the reduced space is $$...
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Each coadjoint orbit of a compact connected Lie group $G$ admits a $G$-invariant generalized complex structure

I am looking for a proof or counterexample for following assertion Each coadjoint orbit of a compact connected Lie group $G$ admits a $G$-invariant generalized complex structure (In sense of ...
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Classification of Compact Symplectic Homogeneous Spaces

Let $M=G/H$ be a compact homogeneous space, $G$ a compact Lie Group and $H$ a closed subgroup. Is there some classification, akin to the Kaehler case, for which such manifolds admit a symplectic ...
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Explicit formula for hermitian form on coadjoint orbit of $G$ on $\mathfrak{g}^*$

Let $G$ be a compact Lie group and $\mathfrak{g}$ be its Lie algebra and $\mathfrak{g}^*$ be its dual , then I am looking for explicit formula for hermitian form on coadjoint orbit of $G$ on $\...
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fiber bundle on an orbit of $\mathfrak{g}\oplus\mathfrak{g^*}$

Let $G$, be a Lie Group and $\mathfrak{g}$ be its Lie algebra ,i.e, $Lie(G)=\mathfrak{g}$. Let $\zeta=(\ X,F)\ \in \mathfrak{g}\oplus\mathfrak{g^*}$. Here $X\in \mathfrak{g} $ and $F\in \mathfrak{g^*}$...
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Kirillov-Kostant-Souriau Theorem on $\mathfrak{g}\oplus \mathfrak{g^*} $

My question is about the extention of kirillov's symplectic structure on coadjoint orbits. The most remarkable feature of the coadjoint representation is the fact that all coadjoint orbits possess a ...