Fibrewise negation and magnetic translation of a linear cotangent space #
On the normed linear cotangent space V × V' (with V' the continuous dual), with Liouville form
λ_(q,p)(δq, δp) = p(δq) and canonical symplectic form ω = -dλ
(TauCeti.strongDualCotangentSymplecticForm), this file records how two fibrewise maps act on
these forms. They are the linear models of the maps that compare sign conventions for cotangent
bundles and that remove an exact magnetic term.
- The fibrewise negation
ν(q, p) = (q, -p)(TauCeti.cotangentFiberNeg) covers the identity ofV, satisfiesν^*λ = -λand reversesω. It therefore identifies the cotangent space with the symplectic formdλ = -ωof the opposite sign convention with the cotangent space withω, and it carries the Liouville primitiveλofdλto the primitive-λofω. Its Liouville vector field is the radial fieldZ(q, p) = (0, p), that isp ∂_p(TauCeti.cotangentLiouvilleField):ι_Z ω = -λ. - The magnetic translation
Ψ_σ(q, p) = (q, p - σ_q)by a one-formσonV(TauCeti.cotangentFiberTranslate) also covers the identity ofV, and it is a bijection with inverseΨ_{-σ}. At every point whereσis differentiable, it satisfies the pointwise identitiesΨ_σ^*λ = λ - π^*σandΨ_σ^*ω = ω + π^*dσ, whereπis the projection toV. These needσto be differentiable only at the base point, and the second is proved by direct computation, without the second derivative ofσ. So for a smoothσ(for whichΨ_σandΨ_{-σ}are smooth),Ψ_σis a symplectomorphism from the magnetic formω + π^*dσtoω, and for a smooth closedσit preservesω. This file records the pointwise identities; it does not bundleΨ_σas a symplectomorphism.
Conjugating a magnetic translation by ν changes the sign of the one-form
(TauCeti.cotangentFiberNeg_cotangentFiberTranslate_cotangentFiberNeg).
Main declarations #
TauCeti.cotangentFiberNeg, withTauCeti.cotangentLiouvilleForm_cotangentFiberNegandTauCeti.strongDualCotangentSymplecticForm_cotangentFiberNeg.TauCeti.cotangentLiouvilleField, withTauCeti.strongDualCotangentSymplecticForm_cotangentLiouvilleFieldandTauCeti.curryLeft_extDeriv_neg_cotangentLiouvilleForm.TauCeti.cotangentFiberTranslate, with its derivativeTauCeti.fderiv_cotangentFiberTranslate,TauCeti.cotangentLiouvilleForm_cotangentFiberTranslate(Ψ_σ^*λ = λ - π^*σ) andTauCeti.strongDualCotangentSymplecticForm_fderiv_cotangentFiberTranslate(Ψ_σ^*ω = ω + π^*dσ).
References #
- D. McDuff, D. Salamon, Introduction to Symplectic Topology, 3rd ed., Oxford, 2017, Section 3.2 (cotangent bundles and the Liouville form).
- J.-F. Barraud, M. Damian, V. Humilière, A. Oancea, Floer homology with DG coefficients. Applications to cotangent bundles, arXiv:2404.07953: the sign conventions for cotangent bundles and the magnetic cotangent bundles of Corollary D.
Fibrewise negation #
The fibrewise negation (q, p) ↦ (q, -p) of the linear cotangent space.
Instances For
The fibrewise negation keeps the base point and negates the covector.
The fibrewise negation is an involution.
The fibrewise negation pulls the Liouville form back to its negative: ν^*λ = -λ. The
derivative of ν at every point is ν itself (ContinuousLinearEquiv.fderiv).
The fibrewise negation reverses the canonical symplectic form: ν^*ω = -ω.
The radial Liouville field #
The radial vector field p ∂_p of the linear cotangent space, (q, p) ↦ (0, p), as a
continuous linear map. It is the Liouville vector field of the primitive -λ of ω
(strongDualCotangentSymplecticForm_cotangentLiouvilleField).
Instances For
The radial field at (q, p) is the vertical vector (0, p).
The radial field is the Liouville field of -λ for ω: ι_Z ω = -λ.
The fibrewise negation preserves the radial field.
The radial field p ∂_p satisfies ι_{p ∂_p} d(-λ) = -λ for the tautological form
λ = p dq.
Magnetic translation #
The magnetic translation (q, p) ↦ (q, p - σ_q) of the linear cotangent space by a
one-form σ on V. The covector σ_q is the one-form σ q read as a continuous linear map.
Instances For
A magnetic translation covers the identity of V.
A magnetic translation subtracts σ_q from the covector at q.
The magnetic translation by the zero one-form is the identity.
Magnetic translations compose by adding the one-forms.
Translating by -σ undoes the translation by σ.
Translating by σ undoes the translation by -σ.
Conjugation by the fibrewise negation changes the sign of the one-form: ν ∘ Ψ_σ ∘ ν is the
fibre translation (q, p) ↦ (q, p + σ_q).
The magnetic translation by a C^n one-form is C^n.
The derivative of a magnetic translation: DΨ_σ (δq, δp) = (δq, δp - (Dσ δq)_q).
The derivative of a magnetic translation on a tangent vector.
The magnetic translation pulls the Liouville form back to λ - π^*σ.
The magnetic translation pulls ω back to the magnetic form ω + π^*dσ. On tangent
vectors v and w at x,
ω(DΨ_σ v, DΨ_σ w) = ω(v, w) + dσ_q(δq_v, δq_w), where q = π x. Only the differentiability of
σ at q is used.
For a one-form σ that is closed at q = π x, the derivative of the magnetic translation at
x preserves the canonical symplectic form.