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Odd Jacobi manifolds: general theory and applications to generalised Lie algebroids

Mathematical Physics 2012-06-29 v1 Differential Geometry math.MP Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

In this paper we define a Grassmann odd analogue of Jacobi structure on a supermanifold. The basic properties are explored. The construction of odd Jacobi manifolds is then used to reexamine the notion of a Jacobi algebroid. It is shown that Jacobi algebroids can be understood in terms of a kind of curved Q-manifold, which we will refer to as a quasi Q-manifold.

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@article{arxiv.1206.6615,
  title  = {Odd Jacobi manifolds: general theory and applications to generalised Lie algebroids},
  author = {Andrew James Bruce},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1206.6615},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

35 pages. This preprint is an amalgamation of the earlier preprints arXiv:111.4044, arXiv:1103.1803 and arXiv:1101.1844. A version of this work appears in Extracta Mathematicae