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Uniqueness of symplectic structures

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This survey paper discusses some uniqueness questions for symplectic forms on compact manifolds without boundary.

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Thanks to Paul Biran, Simon Donaldson, Yael Karshon, Janko Latschev, Dusa McDuff, and Stefano Vidussi for many helpful comments and suggestions.

D.M. partially supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation Grant 200021-127136.

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Salamon, D. Uniqueness of symplectic structures. Acta Math Vietnam. 38, 123–144 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40306-012-0004-x

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