Primary characteristic homomorphism of pairs of Lie algebroids and Mackenzie algebroid
Volume 54 / 2001
Banach Center Publications 54 (2001), 71-97
MSC: Primary 57R20; Secondary 53C05.
DOI: 10.4064/bc54-0-6
Abstract
Connections for a pair of Lie algebroids are defined as linear homomorphisms between these Lie algebroids, commuting with the anchors. The primary characteristic homomorphism of a pair of Lie algebroids is defined and compared with other known Chern-Weil homomorphisms.
