Maps with symplectic tangent images #
Let σ be a fiberwise nondegenerate smooth two-form on M, so that every tangent space
T_y M carries the linear symplectic form hσ.symplecticFormAt y. A map f : N → M has
symplectic tangent images when, at every point x of N, its tangent image df_x(T_x N), the
range of the differential, is a symplectic subspace of T_(f x) M in the sense of
TauCeti.SymplecticForm.IsSymplectic: it meets its symplectic complement only in zero,
equivalently σ restricts to it nondegenerately. This is the fourth of the tangent-image
predicates, beside the isotropic, coisotropic and Lagrangian maps of
TauCeti.Geometry.Symplectic.Lagrangian.Manifold. It is not called a symplectic map, a term
which conventionally means a map pulling one symplectic form back to another.
As for the other three predicates, the differential is mfderiv, which is 0 where f is not
differentiable, the source is an arbitrary charted space, and f need not be injective, so the
predicate applies to embedded and immersed submanifolds alike, through any parametrization.
- Pointwise,
fhas symplectic tangent images exactly when a tangent vectordf_x vpairing to zero with everydf_x wis itself zero (TauCeti.SmoothTwoForm.IsNondegenerate.hasSymplecticTangentImages_iff). - A smooth map pulls
σback to a nondegenerate form exactly when its differentials are injective and its tangent images are symplectic (isNondegenerate_mpullback_iff). So an immersion with symplectic tangent images pulls a symplectic form back to a symplectic form; for embeddings this is the condition defining symplectic submanifolds. - The predicate depends only on the tangent images, hence not on the parametrization, and it is transported by symplectomorphisms of the target.
- A symplectic tangent image has even dimension, so a map with symplectic tangent images and an
injective differential at some point comes from an even-dimensional manifold. In a
finite-dimensional target each tangent image splits off together with its symplectic complement,
T_(f x) M = df_x(T_x N) ⊕ df_x(T_x N)^σ; for an embedding these complements are the fibres of the symplectic normal bundle. - A map with surjective differentials, such as a local diffeomorphism, has symplectic tangent images. In a finite-dimensional symplectic vector space with its constant form, a continuous linear map has symplectic tangent images exactly when its range is a symplectic subspace; for instance the inclusion of the first factor of a direct sum of symplectic vector spaces does.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.SmoothTwoForm.IsNondegenerate.HasSymplecticTangentImages: the predicate.TauCeti.SmoothTwoForm.IsNondegenerate.isNondegenerate_mpullback_iff: a smooth map pullsσback to a nondegenerate form exactly when its differentials are injective and its tangent images are symplectic.TauCeti.SmoothTwoForm.IsNondegenerate.HasSymplecticTangentImages.isSymplectic_mpullback: such a map pulls a symplectic form back to a symplectic form.TauCeti.SmoothTwoForm.IsNondegenerate.hasSymplecticTangentImages_comp_diffeomorph_iffandhasSymplecticTangentImages_diffeomorph_comp_iff: reparametrization and transport.TauCeti.SmoothTwoForm.IsNondegenerate.HasSymplecticTangentImages.even_finrank: the source dimension is even.TauCeti.SmoothTwoForm.IsNondegenerate.HasSymplecticTangentImages.isCompl: the splitting of the ambient tangent space.
References #
- D. McDuff, D. Salamon, Introduction to Symplectic Topology, 3rd ed., Oxford, 2017, Section 2.1 (symplectic subspaces and complements).
- A. Cannas da Silva, Lectures on Symplectic Geometry, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1764, Springer, 2001, Chapters 1 and 3.
A map f : N → M has symplectic tangent images for a nondegenerate two-form σ when
every tangent image df_x(T_x N) is a symplectic subspace of (T_(f x) M, σ_(f x)): it meets its
symplectic complement only in zero, equivalently σ_(f x) restricts to it nondegenerately.
The tangent image is taken with mfderiv, which is 0 at points where f is not
differentiable; the zero subspace is symplectic, so there the condition holds trivially.
Instances For
Having symplectic tangent images is the pointwise condition on the tangent images.
A map has symplectic tangent images exactly when, at every point, a pushed-forward tangent
vector on which σ pairs to zero with every pushed-forward tangent vector is itself zero.
Symplectic tangent images and the pulled-back form. A smooth map pulls σ back to a
nondegenerate form exactly when its differentials are injective and its tangent images are
symplectic. In particular an immersion has symplectic tangent images exactly when the pulled-back
form is nondegenerate.
A smooth map with injective differentials and symplectic tangent images pulls a symplectic form back to a symplectic form.
A map whose differentials are all surjective, such as a local diffeomorphism, has symplectic tangent images.
Reparametrization and transport #
Independence of the parametrization. Precomposing with a diffeomorphism of the source does not change whether a map has symplectic tangent images.
Transport by symplectomorphisms. If ψ pulls σ₂ back to σ, then ψ ∘ f has
symplectic tangent images for σ₂ exactly when f has symplectic tangent images for σ.
Dimension and the symplectic complement #
A symplectic tangent image of a map from a finite-dimensional manifold has even dimension.
A map with symplectic tangent images and an injective differential at some point comes from an even-dimensional manifold.
In a finite-dimensional manifold, each symplectic tangent image splits the ambient tangent
space together with its symplectic complement, T_(f x) M = df_x(T_x N) ⊕ df_x(T_x N)^σ.
Linear maps of symplectic vector spaces #
In a finite-dimensional symplectic vector space with its constant symplectic form, a continuous linear map has symplectic tangent images exactly when its range is a symplectic subspace.
The inclusion v ↦ (v, 0) of the first factor of a direct sum of finite-dimensional
symplectic vector spaces has symplectic tangent images for the constant direct-sum form.