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===Analogy with complex structures=== Just as every symplectic structure is isomorphic to one of the form {{nowrap|''V'' β ''V''<sup>β</sup>}}, every [[linear complex structure|''complex'' structure]] on a vector space is isomorphic to one of the form {{nowrap|''V'' β ''V''}}. Using these structures, the [[tangent bundle]] of an ''n''-manifold, considered as a 2''n''-manifold, has an [[almost complex structure]], and the [[cotangent bundle|''co''tangent bundle]] of an ''n''-manifold, considered as a 2''n''-manifold, has a symplectic structure: {{nowrap|1=''T''<sub>β</sub>(''T''<sup>β</sup>''M'')<sub>''p''</sub> = ''T''<sub>''p''</sub>(''M'') β (''T''<sub>''p''</sub>(''M''))<sup>β</sup>}}. The complex analog to a Lagrangian subspace is a [[real subspace|''real'' subspace]], a subspace whose [[complexification]] is the whole space: {{nowrap|1=''W'' = ''V'' β ''J'' ''V''}}. As can be seen from the standard symplectic form above, every symplectic form on '''R'''<sup>2''n''</sup> is isomorphic to the imaginary part of the standard complex (Hermitian) inner product on '''C'''<sup>''n''</sup> (with the convention of the first argument being anti-linear).
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