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The BV-algebra of a Jacobi manifold

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

Abstract

We show that the Gerstenhaber algebra of the 1-jet Lie algebroid of a Jacobi manifold has a canonical exact generator, and discuss duality between its homology and the Lie algebroid cohomology. We also give new examples of Lie bialgebroids over Poisson manifolds.

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Jacobi manifolds, BV-algebras, Lie bialgebroids, Gerstenhaber algebras

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Annales Polonici Mathematici
2000/73/3
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Pages:
275-290
Main language of publication
English
Received
1999-12-13
Accepted
2000-04-04
Published
2000
Exact and natural sciences