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The infinitesimal generator of a symplectic action is symplectic
Statement
Assume . Let a smooth left action of on a symplectic manifold be symplectic. Then every fundamental vector field of the action has vanishing Lie derivative on :
Consequently each is a symplectic vector field, and the flow of consists of symplectomorphisms.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: , a symplectic action of on and .
is countable choice; it is used only through [F1].
, and is a smooth vector field. Fundamental vector fields for a left action.
The action law is and , and each is a diffeomorphism with . Smooth left actions of Lie groups, Symplectic and Hamiltonian Lie-group actions.
For the local flow of , ; equivalently, on every common flow domain, for all defined if and only if . The Lie derivative of a tensor field, A tensor field is flow-invariant exactly when its Lie derivative vanishes.
Through each point there is a unique maximal integral curve of a smooth vector field. Through each point there is a unique maximal integral curve.
Proof
For fixed put . The action law and [F1] give, for every , so is an integral curve of with . Its domain is all of , because the action and the exponential are defined for all real parameters and all group elements.
By [F4] the maximal integral curve of through is unique, so is it; hence the flow of is the global map on .
For each real the map is the diffeomorphism induced by the group element , so [F2] gives ; therefore the curve is the constant two-form on its flow domain.
Differentiating this constant curve at and applying the flow characterization [F3] with and yields .
Depends on
- Symplectic and Hamiltonian Lie-group actions
- Fundamental vector fields for a left action
- Smooth left actions of Lie groups
- The Lie derivative of a tensor field
- A tensor field is flow-invariant exactly when its Lie derivative vanishes
- Through each point there is a unique maximal integral curve
- The Axiom of Countable Choice ($\mathrm{AC}_\omega$)
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Sources
- Ana Cannas da Silva, Lectures on Symplectic Geometry (standard reference, not scraped)
- Eckhard Meinrenken, Symplectic Geometry (standard reference, not scraped)