Relative Poisson cohomology criterion for stable symplectic leaves

Let MM be a manifold with a Poisson structure pipi, and let SMS\subset M be a symplectic leaf. The relative Poisson cohomology of SS is the cohomology of the complex (Xk(M,S),δ)({\mathfrak{X}}^k(M,S),\delta), where

Xk(M,S)=Γ(kTSM),{\mathfrak{X}}^k(M,S)=\Gamma(\wedge^k T^*_S M),

and δθ=[θ,pi]\delta\theta=[\theta,pi]; it is denoted by Hπ(M,S)H^\bullet_{\pi}(M,S). The leaf SS is stable if every tubular neighborhood of SS contains, for every sufficiently close Poisson structure, a leaf diffeomorphic to SS.

Relative Poisson cohomology conjecture. Let pipi be a Poisson structure with a compact symplectic leaf SMS\subset M. If

Hπ2(M,S)=0,H^2_{\pi}(M,S)=0,

then SS is a stable symplectic leaf.

For a zero-dimensional leaf this reduces to the fixed-point stability criterion in terms of the second cohomology of the isotropy Lie algebra. The conjecture is motivated by the ellipticity and finite-dimensionality of the relative Poisson cohomology for compact leaves; the source gives further evidence but does not state a resolution.

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Primary source

Rui Loja Fernandes and Marius Crainic, “Rigidity and Flexibility in Poisson Geometry”, arXiv:math/0503145 (2005).

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