The set of all Abelian simply transitive subgroups of the affine group naturally corresponds to the set of real solutions of a system of algebraic equations. We classify all simply transitive subgroups of the symplectic affine group by constructing a model space for the corresponding variety of solutions. Similarly, we classify the complete global model spaces for flat special Kähler manifolds ...

Dirac submanifolds are a natural generalization in the Poisson category for symplectic submanifolds of a symplectic manifold. In a certain sense they correspond to symplectic subgroupoids of the symplectic groupoid of the given Poisson manifold. In particular, Dirac submanifolds arise as the stable locus of a Poisson involution. In this paper, we provide a general study for these submanifolds i...

We define an invariant of torsors under adjoint linear algebraic groups of type Cn—equivalently, central simple algebras of degree 2n with symplectic involution—for n divisible by 4 that takes values in H(k, μ2). The invariant is distinct from the few known examples of cohomological invariants of torsors under adjoint groups. We also prove that the invariant detects whether a central simple alg...

If G is any finite product of orthogonal, unitary and symplectic matrix groups, then Wilson loops generate a dense subalgebra of continuous observables on the configuration space of lattice gauge theory with structure group G. If G is orthogonal, unitary or symplectic, then Wilson loops associated to the natural representation of G are enough. This extends a result of A. Sengupta [7]. In partic...

In this paper we compute the homotopy groups of the symplectomorphism groups of the 3-, 4and 5-point blow-ups of the projective plane (considered as monotone symplectic Del Pezzo surfaces). Along the way, we need to compute the homotopy groups of the compactly supported symplectomorphism groups of the cotangent bundle of RP and of C∗×C. We also make progress in the case of the An-Milnor fibres:...