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Actions of Lie 2-algebras and comomentum maps

Mathematical Physics 2026-02-17 v1 math.MP Rings and Algebras Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

In this paper we introduce the notion of a 2-action of a Lie 2-algebra on an arbitrary manifold M. Furthermore, in [Rog12], given a n-plectic manifold (M, ω\omega), the authors consider a Lie Infinity-algebra L\infty (M, ω\omega), which is a higher analogue of the Poisson algebra of observables associated to a symplectic manifold. This Lie Infinity-algebra reduces to a Lie 2-algebra L^2 (M, ω\omega) when (M, ω\omega) is 2-plectic. Following ideas of N.L. Delgado [Del18], we introduce the Lie 2-algebra D^2 (M, ω\omega), which generalises the Lie 2-algebra L^2 (M, ω\omega) and its extension containing Hamiltonian pairs. Given a two-plectic manifold (M, ω\omega) and a Lie 2-algebra g_1 \oplus g_0 acting on M we define a comomentum map as a lift of the action, i.e., as a Lie 2-algebra morphism from g_1 \oplus g_0 to the extension of the Lie 2-algebra D^2 (M, ω\omega). In an appendix, we discuss very explicitly numerous examples, classified according to their algebraic properties.

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@article{arxiv.2602.14715,
  title  = {Actions of Lie 2-algebras and comomentum maps},
  author = {Philippe Bonneau and Véronique Chloup-Arnould and Angela Gammella and Tilmann Wurzbacher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.14715},
  year   = {2026}
}