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class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+geometry">symplectic geometry</a></strong></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+symplectic+geometry">higher symplectic geometry</a></p> <h2 id="background">Background</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry">geometry</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+geometry">differential geometry</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="basic_concepts">Basic concepts</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/almost+symplectic+structure">almost symplectic structure</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/metaplectic+structure">metaplectic structure</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/metalinear+structure">metalinear structure</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+form">symplectic form</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/n-plectic+form">n-plectic form</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+Lie+n-algebroid">symplectic Lie n-algebroid</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+manifold">symplectic manifold</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Poisson+manifold">Poisson manifold</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Poisson+Lie+algebroid">Poisson Lie algebroid</a></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Poisson+n-algebra">Poisson n-algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Courant+Lie+2-algebroid">Courant Lie 2-algebroid</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+infinity-groupoid">symplectic infinity-groupoid</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+groupoid">symplectic groupoid</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectomorphism">symplectomorphism</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectomorphism+group">symplectomorphism group</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+vector+field">symplectic vector field</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hamiltonian+vector+field">Hamiltonian vector field</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hamiltonian">Hamiltonian</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hamiltonian+form">Hamiltonian form</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+gradient">symplectic gradient</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hamiltonian+action">Hamiltonian action</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/moment+map">moment map</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+reduction">symplectic reduction</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/BRST-BV+formalism">BRST-BV formalism</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/isotropic+submanifold">isotropic submanifold</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lagrangian+submanifold">Lagrangian submanifold</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/polarization">polarization</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="classical_mechanics_and_quantization">Classical mechanics and quantization</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hamiltonian+mechanics">Hamiltonian mechanics</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quantization">quantization</a></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/deformation+quantization">deformation quantization</a>,</p> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+quantization">geometric quantization</a></strong>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+geometric+quantization">higher geometric quantization</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+quantization+of+symplectic+groupoids">geometric quantization of symplectic groupoids</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+line+bundle">prequantum line bundle</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+circle+n-bundle">prequantum circle n-bundle</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/contact+manifold">contact manifold</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/contactomorphism">contactomorphism</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/contact+form">contact form</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Reeb+vector+field">Reeb vector field</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quantomorphism+group">quantomorphism group</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quantomorphism+n-group">quantomorphism n-group</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Poisson+bracket">Poisson bracket</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Poisson+algebra">Poisson algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Poisson+bracket+Lie+n-algebra">Poisson bracket Lie n-algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Heisenberg+Lie+algebra">Heisenberg Lie algebra</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Heisenberg+Lie+n-algebra">Heisenberg Lie n-algebra</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Heisenberg+group">Heisenberg group</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div> <p> <a href="/nlab/edit/symplectic+geometry+-+contents">Edit this sidebar</a> </p> </div></div></div> <h4 id="geometric_quantization">Geometric quantization</h4> <div class="hide"><div> <p><strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+quantization">geometric quantization</a></strong> <strong><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+geometric+quantization">higher geometric quantization</a></strong></p> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometry+of+physics">geometry of physics</a>: <em><a href="geometry+of+physics#LagrangiansAndActionFunctionals">Lagrangians and Action functionals</a></em> + <em><a href="geometry+of+physics#GeometricQuantization">Geometric Quantization</a></em></p> <h2 id="prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+geometry">symplectic geometry</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+symplectic+geometry">higher symplectic geometry</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/n-plectic+geometry">n-plectic geometry</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/multisymplectic+geometry">multisymplectic geometry</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+infinity-groupoid">symplectic infinity-groupoid</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 id="prequantum_field_theory">Prequantum field theory</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+field+theory">prequantum field theory</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+circle+n-bundle">prequantum circle n-bundle</a> = <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/extended+Lagrangian">extended Lagrangian</a></p> <ul> <li> <p>prequantum 1-bundle = <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+circle+bundle">prequantum circle bundle</a>, regular<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/contact+manifold">contact manifold</a>,<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+line+bundle">prequantum line bundle</a> = lift of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+form">symplectic form</a> to <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+cohomology">differential cohomology</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+0-bundle">prequantum 0-bundle</a> = <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/action+functional">action functional</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quantomorphism+group">quantomorphism group</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quantomorphism+n-group">quantomorphism n-group</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectomorphism">symplectomorphism</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/contactomorphism">contactomorphism</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Poisson+algebra">Poisson algebra</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Hamiltonian+vector+field">Hamiltonian vector field</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 id="geometric_quantization">Geometric quantization</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/polarization">polarization</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/metaplectic+correction">metaplectic correction</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Bohr-Sommerfeld+leaf">Bohr-Sommerfeld leaf</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/orientation+in+generalized+cohomology">orientation in generalized cohomology</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quantization">quantization</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+quantization">geometric quantization</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+quantization+by+push-forward">geometric quantization by push-forward</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+quantization+of+symplectic+groupoids">geometric quantization of symplectic groupoids</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+quantization+of+non-integral+forms">geometric quantization of non-integral forms</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/motivic+quantization">motivic quantization</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/space+of+states+%28in+geometric+quantization%29">space of states</a></p> <ul> <li><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/coherent+state+%28in+geometric+quantization%29">coherent state</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/quantum+operator+%28in+geometric+quantization%29">quantum operator</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2 id="applications">Applications</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Borel-Weil+theorem">Borel-Weil theorem</a>, <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Borel-Weil-Bott+theorem">Borel-Weil-Bott theorem</a></p> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/orbit+method">orbit method</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Schubert+calculus">Schubert calculus</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div> <p> <a href="/nlab/edit/geometric+quantization+-+contents">Edit this sidebar</a> </p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> <h1 id="contents">Contents</h1> <div class='maruku_toc'> <ul> <li><a href='#idea'>Idea</a></li> <li><a href='#related_concepts'>Related concepts</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="idea">Idea</h2> <p>Traditional <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+geometry">prequantum geometry</a> is the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+geometry">differential geometry</a> of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/smooth+manifolds">smooth manifolds</a> which are equipped with a <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/twisted+cohomology">twist</a></em> in the form of a <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/circle+group">circle group</a>-<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/principal+bundle">principal bundle</a> and a circle-<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/principal+connection">principal connection</a>. In the context of <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+quantization">geometric quantization</a></em> of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+manifolds">symplectic manifolds</a> these arise as <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+bundles">prequantum bundles</a></em>. Equivalently, prequantum geometry is the <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/contact+geometry">contact geometry</a></em> of the total spaces of these bundles, equipped with their <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Ehresmann+connection">Ehresmann connection</a> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+1-form">differential 1-form</a> and thought of as <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/regular+contact+manifolds">regular contact manifolds</a></em>. Prequantum geometry notably studies the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/automorphisms">automorphisms</a> of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+bundles">prequantum bundles</a> covering <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/diffeomorphisms">diffeomorphisms</a> of the base – the <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+operators">prequantum operators</a></em> or <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/contactomorphisms">contactomorphisms</a></em> – and the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/action">action</a> of these on the space of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/sections">sections</a> of the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/associated+bundle">associated</a> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/line+bundle">line bundle</a> – the <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+states">prequantum states</a></em>. This is an intermediate step in the genuine <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/geometric+quantization">geometric quantization</a></em> of the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/curvature">curvature</a> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/differential+2-form">differential 2-form</a> of these bundles, which is obtained by “dividing the above data in half” (<a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/polarization">polarization</a>), important for instance in the the <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/orbit+method">orbit method</a></em>.</p> <p>But prequantum geometry is of interest in its own right. For instance the above automorphism group naturally provides the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lie+integration">Lie integration</a> of the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Poisson+bracket">Poisson bracket</a> <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lie+algebra">Lie algebra</a> of the underlying <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/symplectic+manifold">symplectic manifold</a>, together with the canonical injection into the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/group+of+bisections">group of bisections</a> of the <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Lie+integration">Lie integration</a> of the <em><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/Atiyah+Lie+algebroid">Atiyah Lie algebroid</a></em> which is associated with the given circle bundle, all of which are fundamental objects of interest in the study of <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/line+bundles">line bundles</a> over <a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/manifolds">manifolds</a>.</p> <h2 id="related_concepts">Related concepts</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/higher+prequantum+geometry">higher prequantum geometry</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a class="existingWikiWord" href="/nlab/show/prequantum+field+theory">prequantum field theory</a></p> </li> </ul> </body></html> </div> <div class="revisedby"> <p> Created on February 21, 2013 at 02:10:50. 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