Dirac pairs (Q1762173)

This paper expands the notion of Dirac pairs by introducing Nijenhuis relations. Let us recall that Dirac pairs were first introduced by Dorfmann in order to generalize the bi-Hamiltonian structures. In this work, the author starts with defining the Nijenhuis relations by the vanishing of their torsion. A review of bi-Hamiltonian structures is also given. The Dirac pairs are then defined following Dorfman's work and the compatibility condition is introduced so that Poisson structures constitute a Poisson pair if and only if their graphs constitute a Dirac pair. The link with compatible structures on Lie algebroids is then studied.