Preface |
Introduction |
Preliminaries / I: |
Lie Groups and Lie Algebras / 1: |
Lie Groups and an Infinite-Dimensional Setting / 1.1: |
The Lie Algebra of a Lie Group / 1.2: |
The Exponential Map / 1.3: |
Abstract Lie Algebras / 1.4: |
Adjoint and Coadjoint Orbits / 2: |
The Adjoint Representation / 2.1: |
The Coadjoint Representation / 2.2: |
Central Extensions / 3: |
Lie Algebra Central Extensions / 3.1: |
Central Extensions of Lie Groups / 3.2: |
The Euler Equations for Lie Groups / 4: |
Poisson Structures on Manifolds / 4.1: |
Hamiltonian Equations on the Dual of a Lie Algebra / 4.2: |
A Riemannian Approach to the Euler Equations / 4.3: |
Poisson Pairs and Bi-Hamiltonian Structures / 4.4: |
Integrable Systems and the Liouville-Arnold Theorem / 4.5: |
Symplectic Reduction / 5: |
Hamiltonian Group Actions / 5.1: |
Symplectic Quotients / 5.2: |
Bibliographical Notes / 6: |
Infinite-Dimensional Lie Groups: Their Geometry, Orbits, and Dynamical Systems / II: |
Loop Groups and Affine Lie Algebras |
The Central Extension of the Loop Lie algebra |
Coadjoint Orbits of Affine Lie Groups |
Construction of the Central Extension of the Loop Group |
Diffeomorphisms of the Circle and the Virasoro-Bott Group |
Coadjoint Orbits of the Group of Circle Diffeomorphisms |
The Virasoro Coadjoint Action and Hill's Operators / 2.3: |
The Virasoro-Bott Group and the Korteweg-de Vries Equation / 2.4: |
The Bi-Hamiltonian Structure of the KdV Equation / 2.5: |
Groups of Diffeomorphisms / 2.6: |
The Group of Volume-Preserving Diffeomorphisms and Its Coadjoint Representation |
The Euler Equation of an Ideal Incompressible Fluid |
The Hamiltonian Structure and First Integrals of the Euler Equations for an Incompressible Fluid / 3.3: |
Semidirect Products: The Group Setting for an Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics and Compressible Fluids / 3.4: |
Symplectic Structure on the Space of Knots and the Landau-Lifschitz Equation / 3.5: |
Diffeomorphism Groups as Metric Spaces / 3.6: |
The Group of Pseudodifferential Symbols / 3.7: |
The Lie Algebra of Pseudodifferential Symbols |
Outer Derivations and Central Extensions of [psi] DS |
The Manin Triple of Pseudodifferential Symbols |
The Lie Group of [alpha]-Pseudodifferential Symbols |
The Exponential Map for Pseudodifferential Symbols |
Poisson Structures on the Group of [alpha]-Pseudodifferential Symbols / 4.6: |
Integrable Hierarchies on the Poisson Lie Group G[subscript INT] / 4.7: |
Double Loop and Elliptic Lie Groups / 4.8: |
Central Extensions of Double Loop Groups and Their Lie Algebras |
Coadjoint Orbits |
Holomorphic Loop Groups and Monodromy / 5.3: |
Digression: Definition of the Calogero-Moser Systems / 5.4: |
The Trigonometric Calogero-Moser System and Affine Lie Algebras / 5.5: |
The Elliptic Calogero-Moser System and Elliptic Lie Algebras / 5.6: |
Applications of Groups: Topological and Holomorphic Gauge Theories / 5.7: |
Holomorphic Bundles and Hitchin Systems |
Basics on Holomorphic Bundles |
Hitchin Systems |
Poisson Structures on Moduli Spaces |
Moduli Spaces of Flat Connections on Riemann Surfaces |
Poincare Residue and the Cauchy-Stokes Formula |
Moduli Spaces of Holomorphic Bundles |
Around the Chern-Simons Functional |
A Reminder on the Lagrangian Formalism |
The Topological Chern-Simons Action Functional |
The Holomorphic Chern-Simons Action Functional |
A Reminder on Linking Numbers |
The Abelian Chern-Simons Path Integral and Linking Numbers |
Polar Homology |
Introduction to Polar Homology |
Polar Homology of Projective Varieties |
Polar Intersections and Linkings |
Polar Homology for Affine Curves |
Appendices |
Root Systems / A.1: |
Finite Root Systems |
Semisimple Complex Lie Algebras |
Affine and Elliptic Root Systems |
Root Systems and Calogero-Moser Hamiltonians |
Compact Lie Groups / A.2: |
The Structure of Compact Groups |
A Cohomology Generator for a Simple Compact Group |
Krichever-Novikov Algebras / A.3: |
Holomorphic Vector Fields on [characters not reproducible] and the Virasoro Algebra |
Definition of the Krichever-Novikov Algebras and Almost Grading |
Affine Krichever-Novikov Algebras, Coadjoint Orbits, and Holomorphic Bundles |
Kahler Structures on the Virasoro and Loop Group Coadjoint Orbits / A.4: |
The Kahler Geometry of the Homogeneous Space Diff(S[superscript 1])/S[superscript 1] |
The Action of Diff(S[superscript 1]) and Kahler Geometry on the Based Loop Spaces |
Diffeomorphism Groups and Optimal Mass Transport / A.5: |
The Inviscid Burgers Equation as a Geodesic Equation on the Diffeomorphism Group |
Metric on the Space of Densities and the Otto Calculus |
The Hamiltonian Framework of the Riemannian Submersion |
Metrics and Diameters of the Group of Hamiltonian Diffeomorphisms / A.6: |
The Hofer Metric and Bi-invariant Pseudometrics on the Group of Hamiltonian Diffeomorphisms / 6.1: |
The Infinite L[superscript 2]-Diameter of the Group of Hamiltonian Diffeomorphisms / 6.2: |
Semidirect Extensions of the Diffeomorphism Group and Gas Dynamics / A.7: |
The Drinfeld-Sokolov Reduction / A.8: |
The Drinfeld-Sokolov Construction / 8.1: |
The Kupershmidt-Wilson Theorem and the Proofs / 8.2: |
The Lie Algebra gl[subscript infinity] / A.9: |
The Lie Algebra gl[subscript infinity] and Its Subalgebras / 9.1: |
The Central Extension of gl[subscript infinity] / 9.2: |
q-Difference Operators and gl[subscript infinity] / 9.3: |
Torus Actions on the Moduli Space of Flat Connections / A.10: |
Commuting Functions on the Moduli Space / 10.1: |
The Case of SU(2) / 10.2: |
SL(n, [characters not reproducible]) and the Rational Ruijsenaars-Schneider System / 10.3: |
References |
Index |