Fibrewise translation and dilation of a cotangent bundle #
This file records how two families of fibre-preserving diffeomorphisms of the cotangent bundle
T*M = TauCeti.CotangentBundle I M act on its Liouville form λ and on its canonical symplectic
form ω = -dλ. Both cover the identity of M, and both are instances of general vector-bundle
constructions.
- The fibre translation by a smooth one-form
αonM,τ_α(p) = p + α_xfor a covectorpoverx: this isTauCeti.vectorBundleTranslateDiffeomorphfor the section ofT*Mdefined byα. It satisfiesτ_α^*λ = λ + π^*αandτ_α^*ω = ω - π^*dα, whereπ : T*M → Mis the bundle projection. Henceτ_αpreservesωexactly whenαis closed (TauCeti.CotangentBundle.mpullback_vectorBundleTranslateDiffeomorph_symplecticForm_eq_self_iff). - The fibre dilation by a nonzero real number
c,p ↦ c • p: this isTauCeti.vectorBundleScalarDiffeomorphfor the constant functionc. It satisfies(c •)^*λ = c • λand(c •)^*ω = c • ω. Forc = -1this is the fibre negation, which reverses bothλandω; forc = e^tit is the time-tmap of the radial Liouville flow.
Composing a fibre translation with a cotangent lift gives the affine symplectomorphisms of
cotangent bundles. For a diffeomorphism h : M → N and a one-form α on N, the cotangent lift of
h followed by τ_α pulls λ_N back to λ_M + π^*(h^*α)
(Diffeomorph.mpullback_cotangent_trans_vectorBundleTranslateDiffeomorph_liouvilleForm),
hence pulls ω_N back to ω_M when α is closed
(Diffeomorph.mpullback_cotangent_trans_vectorBundleTranslateDiffeomorph_symplecticForm).
The cotangent projection pulls forms back injectively, because it has the zero section as a
smooth right inverse (TauCeti.SmoothForm.mpullback_proj_injective); this turns the identity
τ_α^*ω = ω - π^*dα into the closedness criterion.
These maps are the global versions of the linear-model maps TauCeti.cotangentFiberNeg and
TauCeti.cotangentFiberTranslate; the latter translates by -σ, following the magnetic
convention, whereas τ_α translates by +α.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.CotangentBundle.mpullback_vectorBundleTranslateDiffeomorph_liouvilleFormandTauCeti.CotangentBundle.mpullback_vectorBundleTranslateDiffeomorph_symplecticForm.TauCeti.CotangentBundle.mpullback_vectorBundleScalarDiffeomorph_liouvilleFormandTauCeti.CotangentBundle.mpullback_vectorBundleScalarDiffeomorph_symplecticForm.Diffeomorph.mpullback_cotangent_trans_vectorBundleTranslateDiffeomorph_liouvilleFormandDiffeomorph.mpullback_cotangent_trans_vectorBundleTranslateDiffeomorph_symplecticForm: a cotangent lift followed by a fibre translation.
References #
- A. Cannas da Silva, Lectures on Symplectic Geometry, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1764, Springer, 2001, Section 2.
- D. McDuff, D. Salamon, Introduction to Symplectic Topology, 3rd ed., Oxford, 2017, Section 3.2.
Action on the Liouville form #
Fibre translation shifts the Liouville form. Translating the fibres of the cotangent bundle
by a one-form α pulls the Liouville form back to λ + π^*α.
Fibre dilation rescales the Liouville form. Multiplying the fibres of the cotangent bundle
by a nonzero real number c pulls the Liouville form back to c • λ.
Action on the canonical symplectic form #
Fibre translation shifts the canonical symplectic form. Translating the fibres of the
cotangent bundle by a one-form α pulls the canonical symplectic form back to ω - π^*dα.
Fibre dilation rescales the canonical symplectic form. Multiplying the fibres of the
cotangent bundle by a nonzero real number c pulls the canonical symplectic form back to c • ω.
In particular the fibre negation reverses ω.
Fibre translation by a closed one-form is symplectic. Translating the fibres of the
cotangent bundle by a one-form α preserves the canonical symplectic form exactly when α is
closed.
Cotangent lifts followed by fibre translations #
A cotangent lift followed by a fibre translation shifts the Liouville form. For a smooth
diffeomorphism h : M → N and a one-form α on N, the cotangent lift of h followed by the
translation of the fibres of T*N by α pulls the Liouville form of T*N back to
λ_M + π^*(h^*α).
A cotangent lift followed by a closed fibre translation is symplectic. For a smooth
diffeomorphism h : M → N and a closed one-form α on N, the cotangent lift of h followed by
the translation of the fibres of T*N by α pulls the canonical symplectic form of T*N back to
that of T*M.