Local Forms of Morphisms of Colored Supermanifolds

in Journal of Geometry and Physics (2021), 168

Pre-Courant algebroids

in Journal of Geometry and Physics (2019), 142

Pre-Courant algebroids are ‘Courant algebroids’ without the Jacobi identity for the Courant–Dorfman bracket. We examine the corresponding supermanifold description of pre-Courant algebroids and some ... [more ▼]

Pre-Courant algebroids are ‘Courant algebroids’ without the Jacobi identity for the Courant–Dorfman bracket. We examine the corresponding supermanifold description of pre-Courant algebroids and some direct consequences thereof. In particular, we define symplectic almost Lie 2-algebroids and show how they correspond to pre-Courant algebroids. We give the definition of (sub-)Dirac structures and study the naïve quasi-cochain complex within the setting of supergeometry. Moreover, the framework of supermanifolds allows us to economically define and work with pre-Courant algebroids equipped with a compatible non-negative grading. VB-Courant algebroids are natural examples of what we call weighted pre-Courant algebroids and our approach drastically simplifies working with them. [less ▲]

Splitting theorem for Z_2^n-supermanifolds

in Journal of Geometry and Physics (2016), 110

Commutative n-ary superalgebras with an invariant skew-symmetric form

in Journal of Geometry and Physics (2015), 98

We study nn-ary commutative superalgebras and L∞L∞-algebras that possess a skew-symmetric invariant form, using the derived bracket formalism. This class of superalgebras includes for instance Lie ... [more ▼]

We study nn-ary commutative superalgebras and L∞L∞-algebras that possess a skew-symmetric invariant form, using the derived bracket formalism. This class of superalgebras includes for instance Lie algebras and their nn-ary generalizations, commutative associative and Jordan algebras with an invariant form. We give a classification of anti-commutative mm-dimensional (m−3)(m−3)-ary algebras with an invariant form, and a classification of real simple mm-dimensional Lie (m−3)(m−3)-algebras with a positive definite invariant form up to isometry. Furthermore, we develop the Hodge Theory for L∞L∞-algebras with a symmetric invariant form, and we describe quasi-Frobenius structures on skew-symmetric nn-ary algebras. [less ▲]

SUSY-structures, representations, and the Peter-Weyl theorem for S^1|1

in Journal of Geometry and Physics (2015)

On Mpc-structures and symplectic Dirac operators

in Journal of Geometry and Physics (2014), 86

We prove that the kernels of the restrictions of the symplectic Dirac operator and one of the two symplectic Dirac–Dolbeault operators on natural sub-bundles of polynomial valued spinor fields are finite ... [more ▼]

We prove that the kernels of the restrictions of the symplectic Dirac operator and one of the two symplectic Dirac–Dolbeault operators on natural sub-bundles of polynomial valued spinor fields are finite dimensional on a compact symplectic manifold. We compute these kernels explicitly for complex projective spaces and show that the remaining Dirac–Dolbeault operator has infinite dimensional kernels on these finite rank sub-bundles. We construct injections of subgroups of the symplectic group (the pseudo-unitary group and the stabiliser of a Lagrangian subspace) in the Mpc group and classify G-invariant Mpc-structures on symplectic manifolds with a G-action. We prove a variant of Parthasarathy’s formula for the commutator of two symplectic Dirac-type operators on general symmetric symplectic spaces. [less ▲]

Higher trace and Berezinian of matrices over a Clifford algebra

in Journal of Geometry and Physics (2012), 62(11), 22942319

We define the notions of trace, determinant and, more generally, Berezinian of matrices over a (Z_2)^n-graded commutative associative algebra A. The applications include a new approach to the classical ... [more ▼]

We define the notions of trace, determinant and, more generally, Berezinian of matrices over a (Z_2)^n-graded commutative associative algebra A. The applications include a new approach to the classical theory of matrices with coefficients in a Clifford algebra, in particular of quaternionic matrices. In a special case, we recover the classical Dieudonné determinant of quaternionic matrices, but in general our quaternionic determinant is different. We show that the graded determinant of purely even (Z_2)^n-graded matrices of degree 0 is polynomial in its entries. In the case of the algebra A = H of quaternions, we calculate the formula for the Berezinian in terms of a product of quasiminors in the sense of Gelfand, Retakh, and Wilson. The graded trace is related to the graded Berezinian (and determinant) by a (Z_2)^n-graded version of Liouville’s formula. [less ▲]

Equivariant quantization of orbifolds

in Journal of Geometry and Physics (2010), 60(9), 1103--1111

Coherent state embeddings, polar divisors and Cauchy formulas

in Journal of Geometry and Physics (2000), 34