Two symplectic structures on a manifold determine a (1,1)-tensor field on . In this paper we study some properties of this field. Conversely, if is (1,1)-tensor field on a symplectic manifold then using the natural lift theory we find conditions under which , is symplectic.
Helmholtz conditions in the calculus of variations are necessary and sufficient conditions for a system of differential equations to be variational ‘as it stands’. It is known that this property geometrically means that the dynamical form representing the equations can be completed to a closed form. We study an analogous property for differential forms of degree 3, so-called Helmholtz-type forms in mechanics (), and obtain a generalization of Helmholtz conditions to this case.
A regular normal parabolic geometry of type on a manifold gives rise to sequences of invariant differential operators, known as the curved version of the BGG resolution. These sequences are constructed from the normal covariant derivative on the corresponding tractor bundle , where is the normal Cartan connection. The first operator in the sequence is overdetermined and it is well known that yields the prolongation of this operator in the homogeneous case . Our first main result...
We give a new proof of Jouanolou’s theorem about non-existence of algebraic solutions to the system . We also present some generalizations of the results of Darboux and Jouanolou about algebraic Pfaff forms with algebraic solutions.