Foreword |
Introduction |
Symplectic Manifolds / I: |
Symplectic Forms / 1: |
Skew-Symmetric Bilinear Maps / 1.1: |
Symplectic Vector Spaces / 1.2: |
Symplectomorphisms / 1.3: |
Symplectic Linear Algebra / Homework 1: |
Symplectic Form on the Cotangent Bundle / 2: |
Cotangent Bundle / 2.1: |
Tautological and Canonical Forms in Coordinates / 2.2: |
Coordinate-Free Definitions / 2.3: |
Naturality of the Tautological and Canonical Forms / 2.4: |
Symplectic Volume / Homework 2: |
Lagrangian Submanifolds / II: |
Submanifolds / 3.1: |
Lagrangian Submanifolds of T*X / 3.2: |
Conormal Bundles / 3.3: |
Application to Symplectomorphisms / 3.4: |
Tautological Form and Symplectomorphisms / Homework 3: |
Generating Functions / 4: |
Constructing Symplectomorphisms / 4.1: |
Method of Generating Functions / 4.2: |
Application to Geodesic Flow / 4.3: |
Geodesic Flow / Homework 4: |
Recurrence / 5: |
Periodic Points / 5.1: |
Billiards / 5.2: |
Poincaré Recurrence / 5.3: |
Local Forms / III: |
Preparation for the Local Theory / 6: |
Isotopies and Vector Fields / 6.1: |
Tubular Neighborhood Theorem / 6.2: |
Homotopy Formula / 6.3: |
Moser Theorems / Homework 5: |
Notions of Equivalence for Symplectic Structures / 7.1: |
Moser Trick / 7.2: |
Moser Local Theorem / 7.3: |
Darboux-Moser-Weinstein Theory / 8: |
Classical Darboux Theorem / 8.1: |
Lagrangian Subspaces / 8.2: |
Weinstein Lagrangian Neighborhood Theorem / 8.3: |
Oriented Surfaces / Homework 6: |
Weinstein Tubular Neighborhood Theorem / 9: |
Observation from Linear Algebra / 9.1: |
Tubular Neighborhoods / 9.2: |
Application 1: Tangent Space to the Group of Symplectomorphisms / 9.3: |
Application 2: Fixed Points of Symplectomorphisms / 9.4: |
Contact Manifolds / IV: |
Contact Forms / 10: |
Contact Structures / 10.1: |
Examples / 10.2: |
First Properties / 10.3: |
Manifolds of Contact Elements / Homework 7: |
Contact Dynamics / 11: |
Reeb Vector Fields / 11.1: |
Symplectization / 11.2: |
Conjectures of Seifert and Weinstein / 11.3: |
Compatible Almost Complex Structures / V: |
Almost Complex Structures / 12: |
Three Geometries / 12.1: |
Complex Structures on Vector Spaces / 12.2: |
Compatible Structures / 12.3: |
Compatible Linear Structures / Homework 8: |
Compatible Triples / 13: |
Compatibility / 13.1: |
Triple of Structures / 13.2: |
First Consequences / 13.3: |
Contractibility / Homework 9: |
Dolbeault Theory / 14: |
Splittings / 14.1: |
Forms of Type (l, m) / 14.2: |
J-Holomorphic Functions / 14.3: |
Dolbeault Cohomology / 14.4: |
Integrability / Homework 10: |
Kähler Manifolds / VI: |
Complex Manifolds / 15: |
Complex Charts / 15.1: |
Forms on Complex Manifolds / 15.2: |
Differentials / 15.3: |
Complex Projective Space / Homework 11: |
Kähler Forms / 16: |
An Application / 16.1: |
Recipe to Obtain Kähler Forms / 16.3: |
Local Canonical Form for Kähler Forms / 16.4: |
The Fubini-Study Structure / Homework 12: |
Compact Kähler Manifolds / 17: |
Hodge Theory / 17.1: |
Immediate Topological Consequences / 17.2: |
Compact Examples and Counterexamples / 17.3: |
Main Kähler Manifolds / 17.4: |
Hamiltonian Mechanics / VII: |
Hamiltonian Vector Fields / 18: |
Hamiltonian and Symplectic Vector Fields / 18.1: |
Classical Mechanics / 18.2: |
Brackets / 18.3: |
Integrable Systems / 18.4: |
Simple Pendulum / Homework 13: |
Variational Principles / 19: |
Equations of Motion / 19.1: |
Principle of Least Action / 19.2: |
Variational Problems / 19.3: |
Solving the Euler-Lagrange Equations / 19.4: |
Minimizing Properties / 19.5: |
Minimizing Geodesies / Homework 14: |
Legendre Transform / 20: |
Strict Convexity / 20.1: |
Application to Variational Problems / 20.2: |
Moment Maps / Homework 15: |
Actions / 21: |
One-Parameter Groups of Diffeomorphisms / 21.1: |
Lie Groups / 21.2: |
Smooth Actions / 21.3: |
Symplectic and Hamiltonian Actions / 21.4: |
Adjoint and Coadjoint Representations / 21.5: |
Hermitian Matrices / Homework 16: |
Hamiltonian Actions / 22: |
Moment and Comoment Maps / 22.1: |
Orbit Spaces / 22.2: |
Preview of Reduction / 22.3: |
Classical Examples / 22.4: |
Coadjoint Orbits / Homework 17: |
Symplectic Reduction / IX: |
The Marsden-Weinstein-Meyer Theorem / 23: |
Statement / 23.1: |
Ingredients / 23.2: |
Proof of the Marsden-Weinstein-Meyer Theorem / 23.3: |
Reduction / 24: |
Noether Principle / 24.1: |
Elementary Theory of Reduction / 24.2: |
Reduction for Product Groups / 24.3: |
Reduction at Other Levels / 24.4: |
Orbifolds / 24.5: |
Spherical Pendulum / Homework 18: |
Moment Maps Revisited / X: |
Moment Map in Gauge Theory / 25: |
Connections on a Principal Bundle / 25.1: |
Connection and Curvature Forms / 25.2: |
Symplectic Structure on the Space of Connections / 25.3: |
Action of the Gauge Group / 25.4: |
Case of Circle Bundles / 25.5: |
Examples of Moment Maps / Homework 19: |
Existence and Uniqueness of Moment Maps / 26: |
Lie Algebras of Vector Fields / 26.1: |
Lie Algebra Cohomology / 26.2: |
Existence of Moment Maps / 26.3: |
Uniqueness of Moment Maps / 26.4: |
Examples of Reduction / Homework 20: |
Convexity / 27: |
Convexity Theorem / 27.1: |
Effective Actions / 27.2: |
Connectedness / 27.3: |
Symplectic Toric Manifolds / XI: |
Classification of Symplectic Toric Manifolds / 28: |
Delzant Polytopes / 28.1: |
Delzant Theorem / 28.2: |
Sketch of Delzant Construction / 28.3: |
Delzant Construction / 29: |
Algebraic Set-Up / 29.1: |
The Zero-Level / 29.2: |
Conclusion of the Delzant Construction / 29.3: |
Idea Behind the Delzant Construction / 29.4: |
Duistermaat-Heckman Theorems / Homework 22: |
Duistermaat-Heckman Polynomial / 30.1: |
Local Form for Reduced Spaces / 30.2: |
Variation of the Symplectic Volume / 30.3: |
References / Homework 23: |
Index |
Foreword |
Introduction |
Symplectic Manifolds / I: |