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A Alekseev1, J Lane2, Y Li2
1Department of Mathematics, Université de Genève, 2-4 rue du Lièvre, Case postale 64, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland anton.alekseev@unige.ch.
The Ginzburg-Weinstein diffeomorphism has a scaling tropical limit, revealing an integrable system. This work connects geometric structures with integrable systems, offering new insights into their properties.
Area of Science:
- Differential Geometry
- Mathematical Physics
- Integrable Systems
Background:
- The Ginzburg-Weinstein diffeomorphism is a key object in symplectic geometry.
- Integrable systems are fundamental in classical and quantum mechanics.
- The Gelfand-Zeitlin and Flaschka-Ratiu systems are important examples of integrable systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the scaling tropical limit of the Ginzburg-Weinstein diffeomorphism.
- To identify the structure of the limit space and its associated integrable system.
- To explore connections between different integrable systems and geometric structures.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of the Ginzburg-Weinstein diffeomorphism.
- Construction of a scaling tropical limit map.
- Identification of action-angle coordinates on the limit space.
- Investigation of Lagrangian tori within integrable systems.
Main Results:
- The Ginzburg-Weinstein diffeomorphism admits a scaling tropical limit.
- The limit space is a product of a cone interior, a torus, and a space carrying an integrable system.
- The pull-back of coordinates recovers the Gelfand-Zeitlin integrable system.
- Lagrangian tori of the Flaschka-Ratiu system intersect totally positive matrices.
Conclusions:
- The study establishes a novel connection between geometric diffeomorphisms and integrable systems through tropical limits.
- The findings provide a new perspective on the Gelfand-Zeitlin and Flaschka-Ratiu integrable systems.
- This research contributes to the understanding of finite-dimensional integrable systems and their underlying geometric structures.
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