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Symplectic Harmonic theory and the Federer-Fleming deformation theorem

Symplectic Geometry 2013-10-01 v3 Differential Geometry

Abstract

In this article, we initiate a geometric measure theoretic approach to symplectic Hodge theory. In particular, we apply one of the central results in geometric measure theory, the Federer-Fleming deformation theorem, together with the cohomology theory of normal cur- rents on a differential manifold, to establish a fundamental property on symplectic Harmonic forms. We show that on a closed symplectic manifold, every real primitive cohomology class of positive degrees admits a symplectic Harmonic representative not supported on the entire mani- fold. As an application, we use it to investigate the support of symplectic Harmonic representatives of Thom classes, and give a complete solution to an open question asked by Guillemin.

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@article{arxiv.1112.2442,
  title  = {Symplectic Harmonic theory and the Federer-Fleming deformation theorem},
  author = {Yi Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.2442},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

Some minor mistakes in the verion 2 are corrected

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