A Darboux classification of homogeneous Pfaffian forms on graded manifolds

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Autori principali: Grabowski, Janusz, López-Gordón, Asier
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author Grabowski, Janusz
López-Gordón, Asier
author_facet Grabowski, Janusz
López-Gordón, Asier
contents We study the local classification problem for differential Pfaffian forms on a supermanifold $M$ that are homogeneous with respect to a given homogeneity structure on $M$. The most familiar examples of homogeneity structures are those associated with vector bundle structures. Our aim is to show that, for a homogeneous form of fixed degree, there exist homogeneous Darboux coordinates. As a consequence, we obtain Darboux-type normal forms for homogeneous Pfaffian forms, recovering as special cases the classical Darboux theorem together with its contact and presymplectic counterparts. To formulate an analogue of Darboux classification in the supergeometric setting, we associate to a differential form $α$ the characteristic distribution $χ(α)=\ker(α)\cap\ker(\mathrm{d}α)$, and define the class of $α$ as the rank of $χ(α)$. We prove that, under suitable regularity and constant-rank assumptions, this distribution completely determines the local equivalence problem for homogeneous Pfaffian forms. Our results apply equally well to ordinary (purely even) manifolds.
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spellingShingle A Darboux classification of homogeneous Pfaffian forms on graded manifolds
Grabowski, Janusz
López-Gordón, Asier
Differential Geometry
Mathematical Physics
Symplectic Geometry
58A10, 58A15, 58A17, 58A50, 58C50, 53D05, 53D10
We study the local classification problem for differential Pfaffian forms on a supermanifold $M$ that are homogeneous with respect to a given homogeneity structure on $M$. The most familiar examples of homogeneity structures are those associated with vector bundle structures. Our aim is to show that, for a homogeneous form of fixed degree, there exist homogeneous Darboux coordinates. As a consequence, we obtain Darboux-type normal forms for homogeneous Pfaffian forms, recovering as special cases the classical Darboux theorem together with its contact and presymplectic counterparts. To formulate an analogue of Darboux classification in the supergeometric setting, we associate to a differential form $α$ the characteristic distribution $χ(α)=\ker(α)\cap\ker(\mathrm{d}α)$, and define the class of $α$ as the rank of $χ(α)$. We prove that, under suitable regularity and constant-rank assumptions, this distribution completely determines the local equivalence problem for homogeneous Pfaffian forms. Our results apply equally well to ordinary (purely even) manifolds.
title A Darboux classification of homogeneous Pfaffian forms on graded manifolds
topic Differential Geometry
Mathematical Physics
Symplectic Geometry
58A10, 58A15, 58A17, 58A50, 58C50, 53D05, 53D10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.04671