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Orientation criterion for a graph of symplectic planes (ω∣ΓA​​=(1+detA)ωD​)

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Let V=C⊕D be a symplectic orthogonal complement splitting into two symplectic subspaces of dimension two. In symplectic bases, the graph of a function A:D→C pulls back the symplectic form to ωD​+A∗ωC​=(1+detA)ωD​. It is a symplectic subspace exactly when detA=−1. Its symplectic orientation agrees with the orientation transported from D exactly when detA>−1. When detA<−1, the transverse oriented pair (C,ΓA​) has negative intersection sign, whereas two distinct complex lines in a compatible complex two-space have positive intersection sign.

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