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In this paper, we describe how to compute the transverse Poisson structures of coadjoint orbits using Dirac's constraint bracket formula, and we prove that if the isotropy algebra admits a complementary subalgebra, then the transverse structure is, at most, quadratic.
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Oh, YG. Some remarks on the transverse poisson structures of coadjoint orbits. Lett Math Phys 12, 87–91 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00416457
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00416457