Courant Algebroids. A Short History

被引:19
作者
Kosmann-Schwarzbach, Yvette [1 ]
机构
[1] Ecole Polytech, Ctr Math Laurent Schwartz, F-91128 Palaiseau, France
关键词
Courant algebroid; Dorfman bracket; Lie algebroid; Lie bialgebroid; generalized geometry; Dirac structure; Loday algebra; Leibniz algebra; derived bracket; DOUBLE LIE ALGEBROIDS; GERSTENHABER ALGEBRAS; 2ND-ORDER GEOMETRY; POISSON GROUPOIDS; EHRESMANN DOUBLES; DRINFELD DOUBLES; DIRAC STRUCTURES; BIALGEBROIDS; MANIFOLDS; FORMULATION;
D O I
10.3842/SIGMA.2013.014
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
The search for a geometric interpretation of the constrained brackets of Dirac led to the definition of the Courant bracket. The search for the right notion of a "double" for Lie bialgebroids led to the definition of Courant algebroids. We recount the emergence of these concepts.
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