The Lie algebroid [10] is a generalization of both concepts of Lie algebra and integrable distribution, being a vector bundle (E, π, M) with a Lie bracket on his space of sections with properties very similar to those of a tangent bundle. The Poisson manifolds are the smooth manifolds equipped with a Poisson bracket on their ring of functions. I have to remark that the cotangent bundle of a Poi...

Weshow that a double Lie algebroid, togetherwith a chosen decomposition, is equivalent to a pair of 2-term representations up tohomotopy satisfying compatibility conditions which extend the notion of matched pair of Lie algebroids. We discuss in detail the double Lie algebroids arising from the tangent bundle of a Lie algebroid and the cotangent bundle of a Lie bialgebroid.

Axioms of Lie algebroid are discussed. In particular, it is shown that a Lie quasi-algebroid (i.e. a Lie algebra bracket on the C∞(M)-module E of sections of a vector bundle E over a manifold M which satisfies [X, fY ] = f [X, Y ] + A(X,f)Y for all X, Y ∈ E , f ∈ C∞(M), and for certain A(X,f) ∈ C∞(M)) is a Lie algebroid if rank(E) > 1, and is a local Lie algebra in the sense of Kirillov if E is...

We study holomorphic Poisson manifolds, holomorphic Lie algebroids and holomorphic Lie groupoids from the viewpoint of real Poisson geometry. We give a characterization of holomorphic Poisson structures in terms of the Poisson Nijenhuis structures of Magri-Morosi and describe a double complex which computes the holomorphic Poisson cohomology. A holomorphic Lie algebroid structure on a vector bu...

We extend the notion of connection in order to study singular geometric structures, namely, we consider a notion of connection on a Lie algebroid which is a natural extension of the usual concept of a covariant connection. It allows us to define holonomy of the orbit foliation of a Lie algebroid and prove a Stability Theorem. We also introduce secondary or exotic characteristic classes, thus pr...

A complex Lie algebroid is a complex vector bundle over a smooth (real) manifold M with a bracket on sections and an anchor to the complexified tangent bundle of M which satisfy the usual Lie algebroid axioms. A proposal is made here to integrate analytic complex Lie algebroids by using analytic continuation to a complexification of M and integration to a holomorphic groupoid. A collection of d...

Lie algebroid Yang-Mills theories are a generalization of Yang-Mills gauge theories, replacing the structural Lie algebra by a Lie algebroid E. In this note we relax the conditions on the fiber metric of E for gauge invariance of the action functional. Coupling to scalar fields requires possibly nonlinear representations of Lie algebroids. In all cases, gauge invariance is seen to lead to a con...

The Lagrange-d’Alembert equations of a non-holonomic system with symmetry can be reduced to the Lagrange-d’Alembert-Poincaré equations. In a previous contribution we have shown that both sets of equations fall in the category of so-called ‘Lagrangian systems on a subbundle of a Lie algebroid’. In this paper, we investigate the special case when the reduced system is again invariant under a new ...

Axioms of Lie algebroid are discussed. In particular, it is shown that a Lie QD-algebroid (i.e. a Lie algebra bracket on the C∞(M)-module E of sections of a vector bundle E over a manifold M which satisfies [X, fY ] = f [X, Y ] + A(X,f)Y for all X, Y ∈ E , f ∈ C∞(M), and for certain A(X,f) ∈ C∞(M)) is a Lie algebroid if rank(E) > 1, and is a local Lie algebra in the sense of Kirillov if E is a ...