Relative Poincaré primitives by fiber scaling #
On a product E × N, scale only the normal coordinate: H((q, p), t) = (q, t • p).
Integrating the time contraction of H*ω gives fiberwisePoincareHomotopy ω.
This form vanishes as a full ambient tensor at every (q, 0), even if ω does not.
For a closed form on an open convex set stable under this scaling, its exterior derivative is
ω - r*ω, where r(q, p) = (q, 0). Thus vanishing of the restriction of ω to the zero
section suffices to obtain a primitive vanishing there. This is the local product construction
used to compare symplectic forms relative to a submanifold.
All positive degrees and Banach coefficient spaces are allowed. The base and normal spaces need not be finite-dimensional or complete. Regularity and closedness are required only on the specified set, which may be an adapted coordinate box.
References #
- A. Cannas da Silva, Lectures on Symplectic Geometry, Springer, 2001, §6 (the relative Poincaré lemma).
- R. Bott and L. W. Tu, Differential Forms in Algebraic Topology, GTM 82, §4 (integration along a homotopy).
Integrate the time contraction of the pullback by (q, p, t) ↦ (q, t • p).
This relative Poincaré operator fixes the base and contracts the normal coordinate.
Instances For
The relative primitive evaluated as an integral of ambient alternating tensors.
The remaining arguments are transformed by (v, w) ↦ (v, t • w).
The relative Poincaré operator vanishes on the zero section as a full ambient tensor.
The relative Poincaré operator at x only depends on the form along the segment from
(x.1, 0) to x.
The relative Poincaré operator of the zero form is zero.
The relative Poincaré operator commutes with real scalar multiplication of forms.
The relative Poincaré operator is additive on forms that are continuous along the segment
from (x.1, 0) to x.
Fiberwise Poincaré integration preserves regularity on a convex set stable under scaling the normal coordinate.
The relative Poincaré identity for a closed form: dKω = ω - r*ω, where
r(q, p) = (q, 0). Only the tangential restriction of ω occurs in the correction term.
If the tangential restriction to the zero section vanishes, fiber scaling gives a primitive whose exterior derivative is the original closed form. No ambient vanishing of the original form on the zero section is required.
The relative Poincaré lemma on an adapted convex neighborhood. A closed form of positive degree whose restriction to the zero section vanishes has a primitive of the same regularity, vanishing there as a full ambient tensor. The neighborhood must be stable under scaling the normal coordinate towards zero.