When considering manifolds with boundary it is common to only consider vector fields tangent to the boundary. This set of vector fields is called the b-foliation and it coincides with sections of a vector bundle B. This choice of vector fields allows us to consider smooth sections on E*, which do not correspond to smooth forms but they give smooth functions when evaluated on elements of the b-foliation. A well studied class of singular symplectic manifolds are b-symplectic manifolds which are given by a symplectic B form, i.e. a non degenerate closed section on B*^B*. In this talk we will compare 2 objects. On the one hand, we will not restrict ourselves to study the b-foliation case, we will consider any set of vector fields described as sections of some vector bundle E, and symplectic forms on E, E-symplectic manifolds. On the other hand, we will consider a similar object, Poisson manifolds whose symplectic foliation is also controlled by a vector bundle E, almost regular Poisson manifolds. These two are surprisingly not the same object but they are related in a natural way.
Links:
[1] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/de/taxonomy/term/39
[2] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/de/node/4234
[3] https://www.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/de/node/12424