Manifold;
Original Form;
Central Extension;
Extended Group;
Volume Preserve;
D O I:
10.1007/s00208-004-0536-z
中图分类号:
O1 [数学];
学科分类号:
0701 ;
070101 ;
摘要:
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.