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M. Jotz

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arXiv2026

Three explicit examples of Lie 2-groupoids

This note constructs three explicit classes of Lie $2$-groupoids arising from double Lie groupoids via the bar construction of Artin and Mazur, following a result of Mehta and Tang: double Lie groupoids give rise to bisimplicial manifolds whose truncations define Lie $2$-groupoids. This construction is carried out for comma double Lie groupoids (Brown and Mackenzie), transitive double Lie groupoids (Brown and Mackenzie), and split VB-groupoids described by $2$-term representations up to homotopy (Gracia-Saz and Mehta).

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arXiv2024

Deformations of ideals in Lie algebras

This paper develops the deformation theory of Lie ideals. It shows that the smooth deformations of an ideal $\mathfrak i$ in a Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ differentiate to cohomology classes in the cohomology of $\mathfrak g$ with values in its adjoint representation on $\operatorname{Hom}(\mathfrak i, \mathfrak g/\mathfrak i)$. The cohomology associated with the ideal $\mathfrak i$ in $\mathfrak g$ is compared with other Lie algebra cohomologies defined by $\mathfrak i$, such as the cohomology defined by $\mathfrak i$ as a Lie subalgebra of $\mathfrak g$ (Richardson, 1969), and the cohomology defined by the Lie algebra morphism $\mathfrak g \to \mathfrak g/\mathfrak i$. After a choice of complement of the ideal $\mathfrak i$ in the Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$, its deformation complex is enriched to the differential graded Lie algebra that controls its deformations, in the sense that its Maurer-Cartan elements are in one-to-one correspondence with the (small) deformations of the ideal. These constructions are shown to hold independently of the choice of complement - up to isomorphism. Furthermore, the $L_{\infty}$-algebra that simultaneously controls the deformations of $\mathfrak{i}$ and of the ambient Lie bracket is identified. Under appropriate assumptions on the low degrees of the deformation cohomology of a given Lie ideal, the (topological) rigidity and stability of ideals are studied, as well as obstructions to deformations of ideals of Lie algebras.

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arXiv2024

On the flows of linear vector fields

This note provides a detailed proof of the fact that a linear vector field on a vector bundle has a flow by vector bundle isomorphisms. It then implies easily the existence of global solutions to linear non-autonomous ODE's, with a standard time-dependent flow construction. As a further application, a simple proof of the smooth triviality of vector bundles over contractible bases is given. Finally, a detailed elementary proof of the isomorphy (as Lie algebras) of all fibers of the kernel of a transitive Lie algebroid is given.

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arXiv2024

On the homotopy invariance of the twisted Lie algebroid cohomology

Twisted Lie algebroid cohomologies, i.e. with values in representations, are shown to be Lie algebroid homotopy-invariant. Several important classes of examples are discussed. As an application, a generalized version of the Poincar\'e lemma is given in the transitive case. Together with the Mayer-Vietoris theorem, which holds in this more general context as well, this leads to a K\"unneth formula for the cohomologies of Lie algebroids with values in representations. In particular, this comprehensive paper gives a systematic way to compute explicitly the twisted Lie algebroid cohomologies of some transitive and almost transitive Lie algebroids.

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arXiv2011

Infinitesimal objects associated to Dirac groupoids and their homogeneous spaces

Let $(G\rr P, \mathsf D_G)$ be a Dirac groupoid. We show that there are natural Lie algebroid structures on the units $\lie A(\mathsf D_G)$ and on the core $I^\tg(\mathsf D_G)$ of the multiplicative Dirac structure. In the Poisson case, the Lie algebroid $A^*G$ is isomorphic to $\lie A(\mathsf D_G)$ and in the case of a closed 2-form, the $IM$-2-form is equivalent to the core algebroid that we find. We construct a vector bundle $\lie B(\mathsf D_G)\to P$ associated to any (almost) Dirac structure. In the Dirac case, $\lie B(\mathsf D_G)$ has the structure of a Courant algebroid that generalizes the Courant algebroid defined by the Lie bialgebroid of a Poisson groupoid. This Courant algebroid structure is induced in a natural way by the ambient Courant algebroid $TG\oplus T^*G$. The already known theorems about one-one correspondence between the homogeneous spaces of a Poisson Lie group (respectively Poisson groupoid, Dirac Lie group) and suitable Lagrangian subspaces of the Lie bialgebra or Lie bialgebroid are generalized to a classification of the Dirac homogeneous spaces of a Dirac groupoid. $\mathsf D_G$-homogeneous Dirac structures on $G/H$ are related to suitable Dirac structures in $\lie B(\mathsf D_G)$. In the case of almost Dirac structures, we find Lagrangian subspaces of $\lie B(D_G)$, that are invariant under an induced action of the bisections of $H$ on $\lie B(\mathsf D_G)$.

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