Poisson Manifold - Poisson Maps

Poisson Maps

A Poisson map from a Poisson manifold (M,{⋅,⋅}M) to another Poisson manifold (N,{⋅,⋅}N) is defined to be a smooth map φ: MN that respects the Poisson structures in the following sense:

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A Poisson map may be viewed as a morphism in the category of Poisson manifolds.

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