Invariance of the BFV-complex
Abstract
The BFV-formalism was introduced to handle classical systems, equipped with symmetries. It associates a differential graded Poisson algebra to any coisotropic submanifold of a Poisson manifold . However the assignment (coisotropic submanifold) (differential graded Poisson algebra) is not canonical, since in the construction several choices have to be made. One has to fix: 1. an embedding of the normal bundle of into , 2. a connection on and 3. a special element . We show that different choices of the connection and -- but with the tubular neighbourhood fixed -- lead to isomorphic differential graded Poisson algebras. If the tubular neighbourhood is changed too, invariance can be restored at the level of germs.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0812.2357,
title = {Invariance of the BFV-complex},
author = {Florian Schaetz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.2357},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
21 pages; improved version, to appear in Pacific J. Math