Generalized n-Poisson brackets on a symplectic manifold

Abstract

On a symplectic manifold a family of generalized Poisson brackets associated with powers of the symplectic form is studied. The extreme cases are related to the Hamiltonian and Liouville dynamics. It is shown that the Dirac brackets can be obtained in a similar way.

Latex, 10 pages, to appear in Mod. Phys. Lett. A