Remarks on the Definition of a Courant Algebroid
Differential Geometry
2007-05-23 v4 Symplectic Geometry
Abstract
The notion of Courant algebroid was introduced by Liu, Weinstein and Xu in 1997. Its definition consists of five axioms and an assumption for a derivation. It is shown that two of the axioms and the assumption for the derivation follow from the rest of the axioms.
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@article{arxiv.math/0204010,
title = {Remarks on the Definition of a Courant Algebroid},
author = {Kyousuke Uchino},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0204010},
year = {2007}
}
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