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We consider principal fibre bundles with a given connection and construct almost complex structures on the total space if the adjoint bundle is isomorphic to the tangent bundle of the base. We prove that an integrable system over a symplectic manifold, whose symplectic form is covariantly constant w. Recent progress in discrete differential geometry has lead, somewhat unexpectedly, to a better understanding of some fundamental structures. Ams, american mathematical society, the tricolored ams logo, and advancing. Integrable geodesic flows on homogeneous spaces ergodic. Pdf integrable structures of dispersionless systems and. Integrable structure, american mathematical society 2008. Rather unexpectedly, the very basic structures of discrete differential geometry turn out to be related to the theory of integrable systems.
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