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Reduction of relative multisymplectic manifolds

Symplectic Geometry 2026-07-14 v1

Abstract

We extend the multisymplectic reduction theory of Blacker -- itself the extension of Marsden--Weinstein--Meyer reduction to kk-plectic manifolds -- to the setting of \emph{relative} multisymplectic geometry, in which a smooth map F ⁣:MNF\colon M\to N carries a closed nondegenerate relative (k+1)(k{+}1)-form ϖ=(ω,η)\varpi=(\omega,\eta) in the mapping-cone complex of FF. We introduce the Leibniz algebra of relative Hamiltonian pairs and the associated relative moment maps μΩk1(F,g)\mu\in\Omega^{k-1}(F, \mathfrak{g}^{*}), and prove a relative multisymplectic reduction theorem: for a closed equivariant level ϕΩk1(F,g)\phi\in\Omega^{k-1}(F, \mathfrak{g}^{*}), the level pair of μ\mu descends to a reduced smooth map Fϕ ⁣:MϕNϕF_\phi\colon M_\phi\to N_\phi carrying a unique reduced closed relative form ϖϕ\varpi_\phi; remarkably, the horizontality of the trivializing component is forced by the relative closedness of the level. We further prove relative analogues of the reduction of dynamics, of the structure theory of split moment maps μ=νκ\mu=\nu\cdot\kappa -- for which the splitting datum is a one-step cocycle in the relative Cartan model, so that split relative Hamiltonian GG-spaces carry canonical relative homotopy moment maps -- and of the Duistermaat--Heckman-type variation formula: with respect to suitable conjugate distributions, the reduced relative class satisfies λ[ϖψ]=c,λ[κψ]\partial_\lambda[\varpi_\psi]=\langle c, \lambda\rangle \cdot[\kappa_\psi], where cc is the Chern form of the target model bundle acting through the natural Ω(N)\Omega(N)-module structure of the mapping cone. Finally, we transport the exact stationary phase approximation to the target component and prove a genuinely relative localization constraint: the fixed-point contributions of the pulled-back split package on the source cancel identically.

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@article{arxiv.2607.12350,
  title  = {Reduction of relative multisymplectic manifolds},
  author = {Djounvouna Dinamo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.12350},
  year   = {2026}
}