Jacobi manifold

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A Jacobi manifold is a smooth manifold equipped with a Lie bracket on its space of smooth functions that satisfies a generalized Leibniz rule, extending the notion of Poisson manifolds.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf differential-geometric structure
geometric structure
mathematical concept
smooth manifold with additional structure
allows non-homogeneous Hamiltonian dynamics
associatedTo contact manifold
locally conformal symplectic manifold
bracketFormula {f,g} = Λ(df,dg) + fE(g) − gE(f)
bracketNotation {f,g} for smooth functions f,g
canBeDescribedBy pair (Λ,E) where Λ is a bivector field and E is a vector field
conditionOnPair [E,Λ] = 0 (Schouten–Nijenhuis bracket)
[Λ,Λ] = 2E ∧ Λ (Schouten–Nijenhuis bracket)
definedOn space of smooth real-valued functions on the manifold
equippedWith Lie bracket on smooth functions
local Lie algebra structure on C^\\infty(M)
field Poisson geometry NERFINISHED
differential geometry
mathematical physics
symplectic geometry
generalizes Poisson manifold
local Poisson brackets on functions
hasAssociatedAlgebroid Lie algebroid on T^*M ⊕ ℝ
hasLocalModel contact structure on odd-dimensional manifolds
locally conformal symplectic structure on even-dimensional manifolds
hasMorphisms Jacobi maps
hasStructure bivector field and vector field description
hasUnderlyingObject smooth manifold
inducedBy contact structure on a manifold
locally conformal symplectic structure
introducedBy André Lichnerowicz NERFINISHED
namedAfter Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi NERFINISHED
reducesTo Poisson structure when E = 0
relatedConcept Lie algebroid NERFINISHED
Poisson manifold NERFINISHED
Schouten–Nijenhuis bracket NERFINISHED
contact manifold
symplectic manifold
satisfiesProperty Jacobi identity for the bracket
antisymmetry of the bracket
bilinearity of the bracket
generalized Leibniz rule
specialCaseOf local Lie algebra
usedIn classical mechanics
geometric quantization
theory of constraints in Hamiltonian systems
yearIntroducedApprox 1978

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