Applications of relative multisymplectic geometry
Abstract
Relative multisymplectic geometry studies smooth maps equipped with a closed, nondegenerate relative -form in the mapping-cone complex of , together with the associated Lie -algebras of relative observables and relative homotopy moment maps developed by the author in earlier work. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the scope of this framework through a systematic collection of applications, each developed with complete statements and proofs. We construct a relative integration theory (relative cycles, a relative Stokes theorem, and periods) and use it to prove: (i) that closed relative forms are precisely the topological terms of action functionals -- in particular, Wess-Zumino terms are canonically relative objects, well defined modulo relative periods; (ii) a relative Weil-Kostant theorem characterizing prequantizability of relative -forms by integrality of the relative class, which for quasi-Hamiltonian -spaces recovers the level quantization of group-valued moment map theory via relative gerbes; (iii) a relative Noether theorem producing conserved charges supported on relative cycles, with bulk-boundary charge splitting; (iv) a rigidity theorem in the relative symplectic case: comoment maps, when they exist, are unique, automatically strict, and automatically equivariant -- the Kostant-Souriau cocycle vanishes; (v) canonical functoriality of the moment map theory of quasi-Hamiltonian -spaces under fusion, with applications to moduli spaces of flat connections on surfaces with boundary. We conclude with an outlook on hydrodynamics, Dirac geometry, and reduction.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.07149,
title = {Applications of relative multisymplectic geometry},
author = {Djounvouna Dinamo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07149},
year = {2026}
}