We present results describing Lie ideals and maximal finite-codimensional Lie subalgebras of the Lie algebras associated with Lie algebroids with non-singular anchor maps. We also prove that every isomorphism of such Lie algebras induces diffeomorphism of base manifolds respecting the generalized foliations defined by the anchor maps.

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...

In this paper we generalize the linear contravariant connection on Poisson manifolds to Lie algebroids and study its tensors of torsion and curvature. A Poisson connection which depends only on the Poisson bivector and structural functions of the Lie algebroid is given. The notions of complete and horizontal lifts are introduced and their compatibility conditions are pointed out. M.S.C. 2000: 5...

We show that we can skip the skew-symmetry assumption in the definition of Nambu-Poisson brackets. In other words, a n-ary bracket on the algebra of smooth functions which satisfies the Leibniz rule and a n-ary version of the Jacobi identity must be skew-symmetric. A similar result holds for a non-antisymmetric version of Lie algebroids.

We intend to provide an algebraic framework in which some of the algebraic theory of connections become identical to some of the (Eilenberg Mac Lane) theory of extensions of non-abelian groups. In particular, the Bianchi identity for the curvature of a connection is related to one of the crucial equations in extension theory. The Bianchi identity as a purely combinatorial fact was dealt with in...