Courant Algebroids. A Short History

• 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
• 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.

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...