We identify the symmetric product \(\Sym^2(\CP^1)\) with \(\CP^2\). To each point in \(\CP^2\) we can associate a degree 2 homogenous polynomial in 2-variables:
\[(z_0:z_1:z_2)\mapsto z_0 s^2 + z_1 st + z_2 t^2\]
We then factor the polynomial as
\[( z_0 s^2 + z_1 st + z_2 t^2)=(y_0 s + y_1 t)\cdot (x_0 s + x_1 t)\]
This gives us a bijection between the points of \(\CP^2\) and \(\Sym^2(\CP^1)\).
\[(z_0:z_1:z_2)\mapsto [(x_0:x_1), (y_0,y_1)]\]
In figure 0.0.2 the moment polytope of \(\CP^1\times \CP^1\) is the square given by
\[\text{Convex Hull}((0,0), (0,1), (1, 0), (1, 1)),\]
while the moment polytope of \(\CP^2\) is given by the convex hull of
\[\text{Convex Hull}((0,0), (0,1), (1,1)).\]
There is map from the first moment polytope to the second (given by ``folding'' along the diagonal) which is 2-to-1 away from the diagonal, allowing us to see the symmetric product on the level of moment polytopes. Along the diagonal, we cannot define a relation between the symplectic form on \(\CP^1\times \CP^1\) and \(\CP^2\).