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For a hypersurface $N$ of a symplectic manifold, the restriction of the symplectic form has a one-dimensional kernel, its characteristic line field. On a regular value level $N=H^{-1}(c)$, this line is generated by the Hamiltonian vector field of $H$.

For $k\ge 1$, the power map has $k$ distinct preimages of every nonzero finite regular value, all with positive local degree of a map between oriented manifolds. Integrating the pullback of a differential form of $\Omega =id\zeta \wedge d\bar{\zeta }/(1+|\zeta {|}^2{)}^2$ gives the same answer, since $\int \Omega =2\pi$ and $\int f^{\ast }\Omega =2\pi k$. For $k=0$ use the constant extension $1$ at infinity; its degree of a map between oriented manifolds is zero.

For a Hamiltonian group action, let $c$ be a regular value of the moment map fixed by the coadjoint action, and assume the action on ${\mu }^{-1}(c)$ is free and proper. The quotient is a symplectic manifold of dimension $\dim M-2\dim G$. Its unique reduced symplectic form is characterized by ${\pi }^{\ast }{\omega }_c={\iota }^{\ast }\omega$, where $\iota$ includes the level set and $\pi$ is the quotient projection. The kernel of the restricted two-form consists precisely of the orbit directions. More general noncentral levels use their stabilizer group; the stated central-level version suffices for circle group reduction.

If an embedded codimension-$k$ submanifold $X\subset M$ is $f^{-1}(y)$ for a regular value $y$ of a smooth map $f:M\to {\mathbb{R}}^k$, then $df$ identifies its normal bundle with the trivial bundle $X\times {\mathbb{R}}^k$. A submanifold with nontrivial normal bundle therefore cannot be such a regular level set. The core circle of the Möbius band is a codimension-one example.