Almost Hermitian structure gives symplectic form

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Statement

Let M be a differential manifold, J be an almost complex structure on M (viz a smooth choice of map from each tangent space to itself such that J2=I). Let g be a Riemannian metric on M, such that:

g(v,Jw)+g(Jv,w)=0

The tripe (M,g,J) is an almost Hermitian structure on M. This gives rise to the following almost symplectic structure: the bilinear form on a tangent space is defined as:

b(v,w)=g(v,Jw)

Interpretation in terms of structure groups

An almost Hermitian structure is a reduction ofthe structure group of the 2n-dimensional manifold to U(n,C), while an almost symplectic structure is a reduction of the stucture group to Sp(2n,R). Since U(n,C) is a subgroup of Sp(2n,R) an almost Hermitian structure gives an almost symplectic structure.