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Isotropic varieties in the singular symplectic geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Stanisław Janeczko
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3168, Australia Institute of Math, Technical University of Warsaw, Pl. Jednosci Robotniczej 1, 00661 Warsaw, Poland
Adam Kowalczyk
Affiliation:
Telecom Australia, Research Laboratories, 770 Blacburn Rd., Clayton, Vic. 3168
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Abstract

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Maximal isotropic varieties of the singular symplectic structure on R2n are characterised in terms of generating families. The normal forms of the simplest singularities (of codimension 1) are obtained with the help of the theory of boundary singularities.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1988

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