Symplectic Geometry of Integrable Hamiltonian Systems
Overview
Among all the Hamiltonian systems, the integrable ones have special geometric properties; in particular, their solutions are very regular and quasi-periodic. The quasi-periodicity of the solutions of an integrable system is a result of the fact that the system is invariant under a (semi-global) torus action. It is thus natural to investigate the symplectic manifolds that can be endowed with a (global) torus action. This leads to symplectic toric manifolds (Part B of this book). Physics makes a surprising come-back in Part A: to describe Mirror Symmetry, one looks for a special kind of Lagrangian submanifolds and integrable systems, the special Lagrangians. Furthermore, integrable Hamiltonian systems on punctured cotangent bundles are a starting point for the study of contact toric manifolds (Part C of this book).
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- ISBN-13: 9783764321673
- ISBN-10: 3764321679
- Publisher: Birkhauser
- Publish Date: April 2003
- Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.51 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.93 pounds
- Page Count: 226
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