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Higher Multi-Courant Algebroids

Differential Geometry 2022-08-17 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The binary bracket of a Courant algebroid structure on (E,,)(E,\langle \cdot,\cdot \rangle) can be extended to a nn-ary bracket on Γ(E)\Gamma(E), yielding a multi-Courant algebroid. These nn-ary brackets form a Poisson algebra and were defined, in an algebraic setting, by Keller and Waldmann. We construct a higher geometric version of Keller-Waldmann Poisson algebra and define higher multi-Courant algebroids. As Courant algebroid structures can be seen as degree 33 functions on a graded symplectic manifold of degree 22, higher multi-Courant structures can be seen as functions of degree n3n\geq 3 on that graded symplectic manifold.

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@article{arxiv.2206.10231,
  title  = {Higher Multi-Courant Algebroids},
  author = {P. Antunes and J. M. Nunes da Costa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.10231},
  year   = {2022}
}

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20 pages, to appear in Journal of Geometry and Physics

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