arXiv · 0812.2357
Invariance of the BFV-complex
Abstract
The BFV-formalism was introduced to handle classical systems, equipped with symmetries. It associates a differential graded Poisson algebra to any coisotropic submanifold $S$ of a Poisson manifold $(M,Π)$. However the assignment (coisotropic submanifold) $\leadsto$ (differential graded Poisson algebra) is not canonical, since in the construction several choices have to be made. One has to fix: 1. an embedding of the normal bundle $NS$ of $S$ into $M$, 2. a connection $\nabla$ on $NS$ and 3. a special element $Ω$. We show that different choices of the connection and $Ω$ -- but with the tubular neighbourhood fixed -- lead to isomorphic differential graded Poisson algebras. If the tubular neighbourhood is changed too, invariance can be restored at the level of germs.
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Florian Schaetz. 2010-11-21. Invariance of the BFV-complex. https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.2357
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