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We define Dorfman connections, which are to Courant algebroids what connections are to Lie algebroids. Several examples illustrate this analogy. A linear connection $\nabla\colon \mathfrak{X}(M)\times\Gamma(E)\to\Gamma(E)$ on a vector bundle $E$ over a smooth manifold $M$ is tantamount to a linear splitting $TE\simeq T^{q_E}E\oplus H_\nabla$, where $T^{q_E}E$ is the set of vectors tangent to the fibres of $E$. Furthermore, the curvature of the connection measures the failure of the horizontal space $H_\nabla$ to be integrable. We show that linear horizontal complements to $T^{q_E}E\oplus (T^{q_E}E)^\circ$ in the Pontryagin bundle over the vector bundle $E$ can be described in the same manner via a certain class of Dorfman connections $\Delta\colon \Gamma(TM\oplus E^*)\times\Gamma(E\oplus T^*M)\to\Gamma(E\oplus T^*M)$. Similarly to the tangent bundle case, we find that, after the choice of a linear splitting, the standard Courant algebroid structure of $TE\oplus T^*E\to E$ can be completely described by properties of the Dorfman connection. As an application, we study splittings of $TA\oplus T^*A$ over a Lie algebroid $A$ and, following Gracia-Saz and Mehta, we compute the represent

Author

Lean, M. Jotz

Published

2012

Language

EN