Non-linear Grassmannians as coadjoint orbits

Details Non-linear Grassmannians as coadjoint orbits Non-linear Grassmannians as coadjoint orbits

2003-05-06

arxiv.org/abs/math/0305089v1

Math. Ann. 329(2004), 771--785.

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Differential Geometry

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For a given manifold $M$ we consider the non-linear Grassmann manifold $Gr_n(M)$ of $n$-dimensional submanifolds in $M$. A closed $(n+2)$-form on $M$ gives rise to a closed 2-form on $Gr_n(M)$. If the original form was integral, the 2-form will be the curvature of a principal $S^1$-bundle over $Gr_n(M)$. Using this $S^1$-bundle one obtains central extensions for certain groups of diffeomorphisms of $M$. We can realize $Gr_{m-2}(M)$ as coadjoint orbits of the extended group of exact volume preserving diffeomorphisms and the symplectic Grassmannians $SGr_{2k}(M)$ as coadjoint orbits in the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms. We also generalize the vortex filament equation as a Hamiltonian equation on $Gr_{m-2}(M)$.

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