Let $S$ be a Riemann surface. Let ${ℍ}^3$ be the $3$-dimensional hyperbolic space and let ${\partial }_{\infty }{ℍ}^3$ be its ideal boundary. In our context, a Plateau problem is a locally holomorphic mapping $\varphi :S\to {\partial }_{\infty }{ℍ}^3=\widehat{ℂ}$. If $i:S\to {ℍ}^3$ is a convex immersion, and if $N$ is its exterior normal vector field, we define the Gauss lifting, $\widehat{ı}$, of $i$ by $\widehat{ı}=N$. Let $\overrightarrow{n}:U{ℍ}^3\to {\partial }_{\infty }{ℍ}^3$ be the Gauss-Minkowski mapping. A solution to the Plateau problem $(S,\varphi )$ is a convex immersion $i$ of constant Gaussian curvature equal to $k\in (0,1)$ such that the Gauss lifting $(S,\widehat{ı})$ is complete and $\overrightarrow{n}\circ \widehat{ı}=\varphi$. In this paper, we show...

Let $X$ be a complex manifold with strongly pseudoconvex boundary $M$. If $\psi$ is a defining function for $M$, then $-log\psi$ is plurisubharmonic on a neighborhood of $M$ in $X$, and the (real) 2-form $\sigma =i\partial \overline{\partial }(-log\psi )$ is a symplectic structure on the complement of $M$ in a neighborhood of $M$ in $X$; it blows up along $M$. The Poisson structure obtained by inverting $\sigma$ extends smoothly across $M$ and determines a contact structure on $M$ which is the same as the one induced by the complex structure. When $M$ is compact, the Poisson structure near...

As a generalization of Postnikov’s construction [P], we define a map from the space of edge weights of a directed network in an annulus into a space of loops in the Grassmannian. We then show that universal Poisson brackets introduced for the space of edge weights in [GSV3] induce a family of Poisson structures on rational matrix-valued functions and on the space of loops in the Grassmannian. In the former case, this family includes, for a particular kind of networks, the Poisson bracket associated...

Examples of Poisson structures with isolated non-symplectic points are constructed from classical r-matrices.

On the level of Lie algebras, the contraction procedure is a method to create a new Lie algebra from a given Lie algebra by rescaling generators and letting the scaling parameter tend to zero. One of the most well-known examples is the contraction from 𝔰𝔲(2) to 𝔢(2), the Lie algebra of upper-triangular matrices with zero trace and purely imaginary diagonal. In this paper, we will consider an extension of this contraction by taking also into consideration the natural bialgebra structures on these...

Poisson sigma models represent an interesting use of Poisson manifolds for the construction of a classical field theory. Their definition in the language of fibre bundles is shown and the corresponding field equations are derived using a coordinate independent variational principle. The elegant form of equations of motion for so called Poisson-Lie groups is derived. Construction of the Poisson-Lie group corresponding to a given Lie bialgebra is widely known only for coboundary Lie bialgebras. Using...

Inspired by the results on symmetries of the symplectic Dirac operator, we realize symplectic spinor fields and the symplectic Dirac operator in the framework of (the double cover of) homogeneous projective structure in two real dimensions. The symmetry group of the homogeneous model of the double cover of projective geometry in two real dimensions is $\tilde{}(3,)$.

Let ${𝒟}_{\lambda ,\mu }$ be the space of linear differential operators on weighted densities from ${ℱ}_{\lambda }$ to ${ℱ}_{\mu }$ as module over the orthosymplectic Lie superalgebra $\mathrm{𝔬𝔰𝔭}\left(3\right|2)$, where ${ℱ}_{\lambda }$, $ł\in ℂ$ is the space of tensor densities of degree $\lambda$ on the supercircle $S^{1|3}$. We prove the existence and uniqueness of projectively equivariant quantization map from the space of symbols to the space of differential operators. An explicite expression of this map is also given.

In this paper, $M$ denotes a smooth manifold of dimension $n$, $A$ a Weil algebra and $M^A$ the associated Weil bundle. When $(M,{\omega }_M)$ is a Poisson manifold with $2$-form ${\omega }_M$, we construct the $2$-Poisson form ${\omega }_{M^A}^A$, prolongation on $M^A$ of the $2$-Poisson form ${\omega }_M$. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for that $M^A$ be an $A$-Poisson manifold.

In this paper we prove the Knop conjecture asserting that two smooth affine spherical varieties with the same weight monoid are equivariantly isomorphic. We also state and prove a uniqueness property for (not necessarily smooth) affine spherical varieties.