We show that every transitive Lie algebroid over a connected symplectic manifold comes from an intrinsic Lie algebroid of a symplectic leaf of a certain Poisson structure. The reconstruction of the corresponding Poisson structures from the Lie algebroid is given in terms of coupling tensors.

Considering prolongation of a Lie algebroid equipped with a spray, defining some classical tensors, we show that a Lie symmetry of a spray is a curvature collineation for these tensors.

We show that every Lie algebroid A over a manifold P has a natural representation on the line bundle QA = ∧topA⊗ ∧topT ∗P . The line bundle QA may be viewed as the Lie algebroid analog of the orientation bundle in topology, and sections of QA may be viewed as transverse measures to A. As a consequence, there is a well-defined class in the first Lie algebroid cohomology H(A) called the modular c...

A generalized Courant algebroid structure is defined on the direct sum bundle DE ⊕ JE, where DE and JE are the gauge Lie algebroid and the jet bundle of a vector bundle E respectively. Such a structure is called an omni-Lie algebroid since it is reduced to the omni-Lie algebra introduced by A.Weinstein if the base manifold is a point. We prove that any Lie algebroid structure on E is characteri...

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...

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 note a functorial approach to the integration problem of an LAgroupoid to a double Lie groupoid is discussed. To do that, we study the notions of fibered products in the categories of Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids, giving necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of such. In particular, it turns out, that the fibered product of Lie algebroids along integrable morphisms is...

Supergroupoids, double structures, and equivariant cohomology by Rajan Amit Mehta Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics University of California, Berkeley Professor Alan Weinstein, Chair Q-groupoids and Q-algebroids are, respectively, supergroupoids and superalgebroids that are equipped with compatible homological vector fields. These new objects are closely related to the double structures of Ma...

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...