Courant Algebroids. A Short History

The search for a geometric interpretation of the constrained brackets of Dirac led to the definition of the Courant bracket. The search for the right notion of a ''double'' for Lie bialgebroids led to the definition of Courant algebroids. We recount the emergence of these concept...

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Published in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Date:2013
Main Author: Kosmann-Schwarzbach, Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2013
Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/149218
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Journal Title:Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Cite this:Courant Algebroids. A Short History / Y. Kosmann-Schwarzbach // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2013. — Т. 9. — Бібліогр.: 55 назв. — англ.

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