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Scheme-theoretic coisotropic reduction

Symplectic Geometry 2026-01-19 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We develop an affine scheme-theoretic version of Hamiltonian reduction by symplectic groupoids. It works over k=R\Bbbk=\mathbb{R} or k=C\Bbbk=\mathbb{C}, and is formulated for an affine symplectic groupoid GX\mathcal{G}\rightrightarrows X, an affine Hamiltonian G\mathcal{G}-scheme μ:MX\mu:M\longrightarrow X, a coisotropic subvariety SXS\subseteq X, and a stabilizer subgroupoid HS\mathcal{H}\rightrightarrows S. Our first main result is that the Poisson bracket on k[M]\Bbbk[M] induces a Poisson bracket on the subquotient k[μ1(S)]H\Bbbk[\mu^{-1}(S)]^{\mathcal{H}}. The Poisson scheme Spec(k[μ1(S)]H)\mathrm{Spec}(\Bbbk[\mu^{-1}(S)]^{\mathcal{H}}) is then declared to be a Hamiltonian reduction of MM. Other main results include sufficient conditions for Spec(k[μ1(S)]H)\mathrm{Spec}(\Bbbk[\mu^{-1}(S)]^{\mathcal{H}}) to inherit a residual Hamiltonian scheme structure. Our main results are best viewed as affine scheme-theoretic counterparts to an earlier paper, where we simultaneously generalize several Hamiltonian reduction processes. In this way, the present work yields scheme-theoretic analogues of Marsden-Ratiu reduction, Mikami-Weinstein reduction, \'{S}niatycki-Weinstein reduction, and symplectic reduction along general coisotropic submanifolds. The initial impetus for this work was its utility in formulating and proving generalizations of the Moore-Tachikawa conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2408.11932,
  title  = {Scheme-theoretic coisotropic reduction},
  author = {Peter Crooks and Maxence Mayrand},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.11932},
  year   = {2026}
}
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