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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0608111,
title = {Mackenzie theory and Q-manifolds},
author = {Theodore Th. Voronov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0608111},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
LaTeX, 30 pages. Second version: some editing aimed at clarifying the exposition