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Keywords:
Poisson structure; pseudo–Riemannian manifold; natural operator
Summary:
Let $M$ be a differentiable manifold with a pseudo-Riemannian metric $g$ and a linear symmetric connection $K$. We classify all natural (in the sense of [KMS]) 0-order vector fields and 2-vector fields on $TM$ generated by $g$ and $K$. We get that all natural vector fields are of the form $E(u)=\alpha (h(u))\, u^H + \beta (h(u))\, u^V\,,$ where $u^V$ is the vertical lift of $u\in T_xM$, $u^H$ is the horizontal lift of $u$ with respect to $K$, $h(u)= 1/2 g(u,u)$ and $\alpha ,\beta$ are smooth real functions defined on $R$. All natural 2-vector fields are of the form $\Lambda (u) = \gamma _1(h(u))\, \Lambda (g,K) + \gamma _2(h(u))\,u^H\wedge u^V\,,$ where $\gamma _1$, $\gamma _2$ are smooth real functions defined on $R$ and $\Lambda (g,K)$ is the canonical 2-vector field induced by $g$ and $K$. Conditions for $(E,\Lambda )$ to define a Jacobi or a Poisson structure on $TM$ are disscused.
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