Poisson manifolds with compatible pseudo-metric and pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebras (Q1877076)

The author exploits a notion of compatibility between a Poisson structure \(\pi\) and a pseudo-Riemannian contravariant metric \(g\) on a manifold \(M\), introduced in a previous paper [C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I, Math. 333, No. 8, 763--768 (2001; Zbl 1009.53057)]. The compatibility condition takes the form \(\nabla\pi=0\), where \(\nabla\) is the Lie algebroid Levi-Civita connection on \(T^*M\) with respect to \(g\) and the Lie algebroid structure on \(T^*M\) induced by \(\pi\). In the paper under review the notion of pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebras is introduced: a Lie algebra \(\mathcal G\) with a pseudo-Riemannian metric is a pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebra if the metric is compatible with the canonical Poisson structure on the dual \(\mathcal G^*\). One can prove that the Lie algebra obtained by linearizing a pseudo-Riemannian Poisson manifold at a point turns out to be a pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebra. A classification of all pseudo-Riemannian Lie algebras in dimensions 2 and 3 is given. It is also proven that any symplectic leaf \(S\) of a Riemannian Poisson manifold is a Kähler manifold, that the holonomy group of such a regular \(S\) is finite, and that every Riemannian Poisson manifold is unimodular, i.e. its modular class vanishes. Finally, Poisson Lie groups with compatible pseudo-Riemannian metrics are studied.