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symplectomorphism

noun

Etymology

Blend of symplectic + isomorphism.

Definitions

  1. An isomorphism of a symplectic manifold

    An isomorphism of a symplectic manifold; a diffeomorphism which preserves symplectic structure.

    • In prequantizing symplectomorphisms of the type T^*g, the only special property which we used was the fact that they preserve canonical 1-forms.
    • 2008, Ana Cannas da Silva, Lectures on Symplectic Geometry, Springer, 2nd printing with corrections, page 63, The symplectomorphisms of a symplectic manifold (M,ω) form the group Sympl(M,ω)={f:M overset ≃⟶M|f^*ω=ω}.

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