Multiple reductions, foliations and the dynamics of cluster maps

Abstract

Presymplectic and Poisson reduction of cluster maps are described in terms of the "canonical" foliations of presymplectic and Poisson manifolds. This approach to reduction leads to a geometric description, in terms of foliations, of the dynamics of the original (not reduced) map. The case where multiple reductions exist (presymplectic/Poisson or presymplectic/Poisson/Poisson) is further explored and examples illustrating several features of this approach are presented, including a nontrivial one in dimension seven which is comprehensively treated.

Structure of the paper revised following a referee's report