Seminar series
Date
Thu, 19 Jun 2014
Time
16:00 -
17:00
Location
C6
Speaker
Brent Pym
Organisation
Oxford University
Lie algebroids are geometric structures that interpolate between finite-dimensional Lie algebras and tangent bundles of manifolds. They give a useful language for describing geometric situations that have local symmetries. I will give an introduction to the basic theory of Lie algebroids, with examples drawn from foliations, principal bundles, group actions, Poisson brackets, and singular hypersurfaces.