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Linear and multiplicative 2-forms

Differential Geometry 2009-11-04 v1 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We study the relationship between multiplicative 2-forms on Lie groupoids and linear 2-forms on Lie algebroids, which leads to a new approach to the infinitesimal description of multiplicative 2-forms and to the integration of twisted Dirac manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.0911.0441,
  title  = {Linear and multiplicative 2-forms},
  author = {Henrique Bursztyn and Alejandro Cabrera and Cristian Ortiz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.0441},
  year   = {2009}
}

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to appear in Letters in Mathematical Physics

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