Four-Dimensional Simply Connected Symplectic Symmetric Spaces

A symplectic is a symmetric space endowed with a symplectic structure which is invariant by the symmetries. We give here a classification of four-dimensional symplectic which are simply connected. This classification reveals a remarkable class of affine symmetric spaces with a non-Abelian solvable transvection group. The underlying manifold M of each element (M, ) belonging to this class is diffeomorphic to Rⁿwith the property that every tensor field on M invariant by the transvection group is constant; in particular, is not a metric connection. This classification also provides examples of nonflat affine symmetric connections on Rⁿwhich are invariant under the translations. By considering quotient spaces, one finds examples of locally affine symmetric tori which are not globally symmetric.     

Some Remarks on Almost and Stable Almost Complex Manifolds

In the first part we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a stable almost complex structure on a 10-manifold M with H₁(M;?) = 0 and no 2-torsion in H₁(M;?) for i = 2,3. Using the Classification Theorem of Donaldson we give a reformulation of the conditions for a 4-manifold to be almost complex in terms of Betti numbers and the dimension of the ±-eigenspaces of the intersection form. In the second part we give general conditions for an almost complex manifold to admit infinitely many almost complex structures and apply these to symplectic manifolds, to homogeneous spaces and to complete intersections.     

Lengths of Contact Isotopies and Extensions of the Hofer Metric

Using the Hofer metric, we construct, under a certain condition, a bi-invariant distance on the identity component in the group of strictly contact diffeomorphisms of a compact regular contact manifold. We also show that the Hofer metric on Ham(M) has a right-invariant (but not left invariant) extension to the identity component in the groups of symplectic diffeomorphisms of certain symplectic manifolds.Mathematics Subject classification (2000): 53C12, 53C15.     

The Classification of Symplectic Structures of Convex Type

In this paper we give a classification of a certain class of semisimple symplectic structures, more precisely all symplectic structures for which a symplectic module (V,) is of convex type. This classification then leads to a classification of Lie algebras with invariant cones and at most one dimensional center.     

Classification of compact complex homogeneous spaces with invariant volumes

We solve the problem of the classification of compact complex homogeneous spaces with invariant volumes (see Matsushima, 1961).

     

Actions symplectiques de groupes compacts (Symplectic Actions of Compact Groups)

For any symplectic action of a compact connected group on a compact connected symplectic manifold, we show that the intersection of the Weyl chamber with the image of the moment map is a closed convex polyhedron. This extends Atiyah–Guillemin–Sternberg–Kirwan's convexity theorems to non-Hamiltonian actions. As a consequence, we describe those symplectic actions of a torus which are coisotropic (or multiplicity free), i.e. which have at least one coisotropic orbit: they are the product of an Hamiltonian coisotropic action by an anhamiltonian one. The Hamiltonian coisotropic actions have already been described by Delzant thanks to the convex polyhedron. The anhamiltonian coisotropic actions are actions of a central torus on a symplectic nilmanifold. This text is written as an introduction to the theory of symplectic actions of compact groups since complete proofs of the preliminary classical results are given. An erratum to this article is available at .     

Hörmander index in finite-dimensional case

We calculate the Hörmander index in the finite-dimensional case. Then we use the result to give some iteration inequalities, and prove almost existence of mean indices for given complete autonomous Hamiltonian system on compact symplectic manifold with symplectic trivial tangent bundle and given autonomous Hamiltonian system on regular compact energy hypersurface of symplectic manifold with symplectic trivial tangent bundle.     

Symplectic Structures and Cohomologies on Some Solvmanifolds

We consider the question of existence of symplectic and Kahler structures on compact homogeneous spaces of solvable triangular Lie groups. The aim of the article is to clarify the situation with examples in this area. We prove that it is impossible to complete the construction of examples in the well-known article by Benson and Gordon on the structure of compact solvmanifolds with Kahler structure. We do this by proving the absence of lattices (and thereby a compact form) in the Lie groups of the above-mentioned article. We construct a new (similar) example for which, unlike the above examples, a compact form exists. We consider one class of solvable Lie groups, namely the class of almost abelian groups, and obtain for this class a characterization of those Lie groups for which the cohomologies of their compact solvmanifolds are isomorphic to the cohomologies of the corresponding Lie algebras. Until recently, such isomorphism has been known only for one specific class of Lie groups, namely the class of triangular groups. We give examples of new (almost abelian) Lie groups with such isomorphism.     

The parameterization method for invariant manifolds III: overview and applications

We describe a method to establish existence and regularity of invariant manifolds and, at the same time to find simple maps which are conjugated to the dynamics on them. The method establishes several invariant manifold theorems. For instance, it reduces the proof of the usual stable manifold theorem near hyperbolic points to an application of the implicit function theorem in Banach spaces. We also present several other applications of the method.     

Complex Symplectic Geometry of Quasi-Fuchsian Space

We study the complex symplectic geometry of the space QF(S) of quasi-Fuchsian structures of a compact orientable surface S of genus g > 1. We prove that QF(S) is a complex symplectic manifold. The complex symplectic structure is the complexification of the Weil–Petersson symplectic structure of Teichmüller space and is described in terms which look natural from the point of view of hyperbolic geometry.     

Dolbeault cohomology of compact complex homogeneous manifolds

We show that ifM is the total space of a holomorphic bundle with base space a simply connected homogeneous projective variety and fibre and structure group a compact complex torus, then the identity component of the automorphism group ofM acts trivially on the Dolbeault cohomology ofM. We consider a class of compact complex homogeneous spacesW, which we call generalized Hopf manifolds, which are diffeomorphic to S¹ ×K/L whereK is a compact connected simple Lie group andL is the semisimple part of the centralizer of a one dimensional torus inK. We compute the Dolbeault cohomology ofW. We compute the Picard group of any generalized Hopf manifold and show that every line bundle over a generalized Hopf manifold arises from a representation of its fundamental group.     

可允许度量下有限能量辛涡旋的渐近行为献给钱敏教授90华诞

假设(X,ω)是一个具有紧致单连通Lie群G Hamilton作用的紧致光滑辛流形.本文证明只要Riemann面的柱形端口具有一个比标准柱形度量增长速度快的线性度量,那么任何一个有限能量辛涡旋将以指数衰减的速度收敛到辛流形X在正则值辛约化的扭曲分支或非扭曲分支上.本文结果无需假设群G在正则水平集上的作用是自由的.因此,它直接推广了Ziltener在群作用自由的假设下得出的相关结果.本文结果在作者关于量子化Kirwan同态的系列工作中有重要应用.     

Exotic smooth structures and symplectic forms on closed manifolds

In this paper we discuss relations between symplectic forms and smooth structures on closed manifolds. Our main motivation is the problem if there exist symplectic structures on exotic tori. This is a symplectic generalization of a problem posed by Benson and Gordon. We give a short proof of the (known) positive answer to the original question of Benson and Gordon that there are no Kähler structures on exotic tori. We survey also other related results which give an evidence for the conjecture that there are no symplectic structures on exotic tori.     

An obstruction to quantizing compact symplectic manifolds

We prove that there are no nontrivial finite-dimensional Lie representations of certain Poisson algebras of polynomials on a compact symplectic manifold. This result is used to establish the existence of a universal obstruction to quantizing a compact symplectic manifold, regardless of the dimensionality of the representation.

     

Examples of non-Kähler Hamiltonian circle manifolds with the strong Lefschetz property

In this paper we construct six-dimensional compact non-Kähler Hamiltonian circle manifolds which satisfy the strong Lefschetz property themselves but nevertheless have a non-Lefschetz symplectic quotient. This provides the first known counterexamples to the question whether the strong Lefschetz property descends to the symplectic quotient. We also give examples of Hamiltonian strong Lefschetz circle manifolds which have a non-Lefschetz fixed point submanifold. In addition, we establish a sufficient and necessary condition for a finitely presentable group to be the fundamental group of a strong Lefschetz manifold. We then use it to show the existence of Lefschetz four-manifolds with non-Lefschetz finite covering spaces.     

A classification of hyperpolar and cohomogeneity one actions

An isometric action of a compact Lie group on a Riemannian manifold is called hyperpolar if there exists a closed, connected submanifold that is flat in the induced metric and meets all orbits orthogonally. In this article, a classification of hyperpolar actions on the irreducible Riemannian symmetric spaces of compact type is given. Since on these symmetric spaces actions of cohomogeneity one are hyperpolar, i.e. normal geodesics are closed, we obtain a classification of the homogeneous hypersurfaces in these spaces by computing the cohomogeneity for all hyperpolar actions. This result implies a classification of the cohomogeneity one actions on compact strongly isotropy irreducible homogeneous spaces.

     

On a certain class of locally conformal symplectic structures of the second kind

We study locally conformal symplectic (LCS) structures of the second kind on a Lie algebra. We show a method to construct new examples of Lie algebras admitting LCS structures of the second kind starting with a lower dimensional Lie algebra endowed with a LCS structure and a suitable extension. Moreover, we characterize all LCS Lie algebras obtained with our construction. Finally, we study the existence of lattices in the associated simply connected Lie groups in order to obtain compact examples of manifolds admitting this kind of structure.     

Semisimple Symplectic Symmetric Spaces

A symplectic symmetric space is a connected affine symmetric manifold M endowed with a symplectic structure which is invariant under the geodesic symmetries. When the transvection group G⁰ of such a symmetric space M is semisimple, its action on (M,) is strongly Hamiltonian; a classical theorem due to Kostant implies that the moment map associated to this action realises a G⁰-equivariant symplectic covering of a coadjoint orbit O in the dual of the Lie algebra of G⁰. We show that this orbit itself admits a structure of symplectic symmetric space whose transvection algebra is . The main result of this paper is the classification of symmetric orbits for any semisimple Lie group. The classification is given in terms of root systems of transvection algebras and therefore provides, in a symplectic framework, a theorem analogous to the Borel–de Siebenthal theorem for Riemannian symmetric spaces. When its dimension is greater than 2, such a symmetric orbit is not regular and, in general, neither Hermitian nor pseudo-Hermitian.     

A non-fixed point theorem for Hamiltonian lie group actions

We prove that, under certain conditions, if a compact connected Lie group acts effectively on a closed manifold, then there is no fixed point. Because two of the main conditions are satisfied by any Hamiltonian action on a closed symplectic manifold, the theorem applies nicely to such actions. The method of proof, however, is cohomological; and so the result applies more generally.

     

Invariants de Maslov équivariants

We construct two cohomological invariants associated to pairs of Lagrangian sub-bundles of a symplectic bundle on a compact manifold upon which a compact Lie group is acting. The first invariant, which we call the classical equivariant Maslov H-invariant, provides an obstruction to Lagrangian transversality and lives in the Borel cohomology. The second invariant, which we call the equivariant Maslov U-invariant, generalises the author's results in K-Theory 13 (1998), 347–361 to the equivariant context and provides a necessary and sufficient condition for equivariant Lagrangian transversality, up to homotopic stability, and lives in the U-theory (intermediate between the real complex K-theories). As an application, we show that two Lagrangian sub-bundles of a symplectic bundle on a homogeneous space are always stably transverse.