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Geometric properties of operators of quantum Dirac constraints and physical observables are studied in semiclassical theory of generic constrained systems. The invariance transformations of the classical theory -- contact canonical…

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We characterize the Dirac structures that are parallel with respect to Gualtieri's canonical connection of a generalized Riemannian metric. On the other hand, we discuss Dirac structures that are images of generalized tangent structures.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-05-31 Izu Vaisman

Phase space of General Relativity is extended to a Poisson manifold by inclusion of the determinant of the metric and conjugate momentum as additional independent variables. As a result, the action and the constraints take a polynomial…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 M. O. Katanaev

We describe infinitesimally Dirac groupoids via geometric objects that we call Dirac bialgebroids. In the two well-understood special cases of Poisson and presymplectic groupoids, the Dirac bialgebroids are equivalent to the Lie…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-05-29 Madeleine Jotz Lean

In a previous paper (PeCa24), the notion of Dirac structure in finite dimension was extended to the convenient setting. In particular, we introduce the notion of \emph{partial Dirac structure on a convenient manifold} and look for which all…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-08-15 Fernand Pelletier , Patrick Cabau

We develop a general procedure for reduction along strong Dirac maps, which are a broad generalization of Poisson momentum maps. We recover a large number of familiar constructions in Poisson and quasi-Poisson geometry, and we introduce new…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Ana Balibanu , Maxence Mayrand

This work contains a brief and elementary exposition of the foundations of Poisson and symplectic geometries, with an emphasis on applications for Hamiltonian systems with second-class constraints. In particular, we clarify the geometric…

Symplectic Geometry · Mathematics 2022-10-25 Alexei A. Deriglazov

Simplicial Dirac structures as finite analogues of the canonical Stokes-Dirac structure, capturing the topological laws of the system, are defined on simplicial manifolds in terms of primal and dual cochains related by the coboundary…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-06-25 Marko Seslija , Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen , Arjan van der Schaft

The notion of Dirac cones, wherein two or more bands become degenerate at a certain momentum, is the starting point for the study of topological phases. Dirac cones have been thoroughly explored in fermionic systems such as graphene, Weyl…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 P. Sathish Kumar , R. Ganesh

In this paper we introduce multiplicative Dirac structures on Lie groupoids, providing a unified framework to study both multiplicative Poisson bivectors (i.e., Poisson group(oid)s) and multiplicative closed 2-forms (e.g., symplectic…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Cristian Ortiz

Classes of relativistic symmetries accommodating supersymmetric patterns are considered for the Dirac Hamiltonian with axially-deformed scalar and vector potentials.

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Leviatan

There have been several attempts in recent years to extend the notions of symplectic and Poisson structures in order to create a suitable geometrical framework for classical field theories, trying to achieve a success similar to the use of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 Manuel de León , Rubén Izquierdo-López

Under appropriate assumptions, we generalize the concept of linear almost Poisson struc- tures, almost Lie algebroids, almost differentials in the framework of Banach anchored bundles and the relation between these objects. We then obtain…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-03 Patrick Cabau , Fernand Pelletier

Metriplectic dynamics couple a Poisson bracket of the Hamiltonian description with a kind of metric bracket, for describing systems with both Hamiltonian and dissipative components. The construction builds in asymptotic convergence to a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Massimo Materassi , Philip J. Morrison

One of the main tools used to understand both qualitative and quantitative spectral behaviour of periodic and almost periodic Schr\"odinger operators is the method of gauge transform. In this paper, we extend this method to an abstract…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-24 Jean Lagacé , Sergey Morozov , Leonid Parnovski , Bernhard Pfirsch , Roman Shterenberg

This paper presents a geometric description on Lie algebroids of Lagrangian systems subject to nonholonomic constraints. The Lie algebroid framework provides a natural generalization of classical tangent bundle geometry. We define the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-04-30 J. Cortes , M. de Leon , J. C. Marrero , E. Martinez

A pure Dirac's method for abelian and non-abelian massive theories in three dimensions is performed. Our analysis is developed on the extended phase space reporting the relevant structure of the theories, namely, the extended action, the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-10-15 Alberto Escalante , José L. Osio

This paper studies geometric structures on noncommutative hypersurfaces within a module-theoretic approach to noncommutative Riemannian (spin) geometry. A construction to induce differential, Riemannian and spinorial structures from a…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2020-09-21 Hans Nguyen , Alexander Schenkel

We discuss the use of Dirac structures to obtain a better understanding of the geometry of a class of optimal control problems and their reduction by symmetries. In particular we will show how to extend the reduction of Dirac structures…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-04-12 Alberto Ibort , Thalia Rodriguez De La Peña , Rebecca Salmoni

In this paper, we present a detailed review/analysis of the Dirac quantisation of Hamiltonian systems with constraints. To this end, we use, as a guide, the physical example provided by the dynamics of a solid ball rolling, without…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-29 M. F. Araujo de Resende , Thales Machado F