Symplectic Form

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Not All 2-forms are symplectic. Phase spaces are never compact. Tourus/Sphere example? (pg. 62)
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A symplectic form is a [[closed(k-form)|closed]], [[nondegenerate(2-form)|nondegenerate]], differential two-form.

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Not All 2-forms are symplectic.

A symplectic form is a closed, nondegenerate, differential two-form.

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