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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 iii Paper 146 3 Solution by
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Moser's trick states that if is compact and , , is a smooth family of symplectic forms whose de Rham cohomology class is independent of , then there is an isotopy withSince , choose a smooth family of one-forms with . Nondegeneracy of uniquely determines a vector field byCompactness makes its flow exist for the whole interval. Cartan's magic formula and givewhich proves the theorem.
Smooth degree- hypersurfaces form the complement of the discriminant in the projective space of degree- homogeneous polynomials. This complement is path connected, so and lie in a smooth one-parameter family. The Ehresmann fibration theorem identifies the fibers smoothly. Under such an identification, the restrictions of the Fubini-Study form form a family whose cohomology class is the fixed restricted hyperplane class. Moser's trick therefore gives the symplectic equivalence of smooth projective hypersurfaces.
It remains to construct the finite subgroup for one convenient hypersurface. On the Fermat hypersurfacethe group acts by diagonal coordinate multiplication. It preserves both and the Fubini-Study form. The kernel of its projective action is the diagonal subgroup , so the effective Fermat hypersurface diagonal symmetry group isConjugating this action by a symplectomorphism gives the required subgroup of .
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