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Title: Poisson manifolds of compact types (PMCT 1)
Abstract This is the first in a series of papers dedicated to the study of Poisson manifolds of compact types (PMCTs). This notion encompassesseveral classes of Poisson manifolds defined via properties of their symplectic integrations. In this first paper we establish some fundamentalproperties and constructions of PMCTs. For instance, we show that their Poisson cohomology behaves very much like thede Rham cohomology of a compact manifold (Hodge decomposition, non-degenerate Poincaré duality pairing, etc.)and that the Moser trick can be adapted to PMCTs. More important, we find unexpected connections between PMCTs and symplectic topology: PMCTsare related with the theory of Lagrangian fibrations and we exhibit a construction of a non-trivialPMCT related to a classical question on the topology of the orbits of a free symplectic circle action.In subsequent papers, we will establish deep connections between PMCTs and integral affine geometry,Hamiltonian G -spaces, foliation theory, orbifolds, Lie theory and symplectic gerbes.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1710884
NSF-PAR ID:
10359054
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal)
Volume:
2019
Issue:
756
ISSN:
0075-4102
Page Range / eLocation ID:
101 to 149
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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