Talk:Symplectomorphism

Latest comment: 1 year ago by 193.175.4.194 in topic Citations??

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Heh. I just learned something today, which I think is utterly fascinating. Turns out the quantum-mechanical Schroedinger equation is nothing more (and nothing less!) than a purely classical Hamiltonian flow on CP^n. Heh! Here, a quantum mechanical state is regarded as a point in CP^n, i.e. a point on the Bloch sphere. Hamiltonian flows can be defined only if there is a symplectic form on the manifold... but of course, CP^n has the Fubini-Study metric, and so has the requisite symplectic form! Golly! This does have this forehead-slapping, "but of course, what else could it be" element to it, but .. well, I'm tickled. I'll have to work some sample problems in this new-found language. linas 04:25, 27 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

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What are the arrows?

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The article currently reads, "In mathematics, a symplectomorphism is an isomorphism in the category of symplectic manifolds." The category of symplectic manifolds and what? What are the arrows? Trevorgoodchild (talk) 22:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Well, for the purposes of this article, the implication is that the symplectomorphisms are the arrows. But there has been work looking at the collection of symplectic manifolds as a category with a more general notion of morphism called "Lagrangian correspondence," and I bet there are others. Orthografer (talk) 09:02, 7 March 2009 (UTC)Reply
Stupid question: if the symplectomorphisms are the arrows, wouldn't that mean that all morphisms in the category are isomorphisms? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.215.143.10 (talk) 02:06, 12 November 2009 (UTC)Reply
Yes. Orthografer (talk) 03:03, 12 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

Citations??

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Why is there no citation for the section "The group of (Hamiltonian) symplectomorphisms"? This is absolutely annoying. 193.175.4.194 (talk) 11:23, 8 February 2023 (UTC)Reply