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Mackenzie theory and Q-manifolds

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

We give a simple characterization of Mackenzie's double Lie algebroids in terms of homological vector fields. Application to the `Drinfeld double' of Lie bialgebroids is given and an extension to the multiple case is suggested.

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@article{arxiv.math/0608111,
  title  = {Mackenzie theory and Q-manifolds},
  author = {Theodore Th. Voronov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0608111},
  year   = {2007}
}

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LaTeX, 30 pages. Second version: some editing aimed at clarifying the exposition