Distributions and quotients on degree-1 NQ-manifolds and Lie algebroids (Q1951055)

This paper studies distributions on a degree-1 NQ-manifold. Let us recall that a Lie algebroid is equivalent to a degree-1 NQ-manifold and that Lie algebroids play a crucial role both in differential geometry and in mathematical physics. In this work, the authors first recall how the notion of degree-1 N-manifolds (resp. NQ-manifolds) is equivalent to the notion of vector bundle (resp. Lie algebroid). Then, they consider distributions on degree-1 N-manifolds and describe them in terms of ordinary differential geometry. They prove the correspondence between involutive Q-invariant distributions on degree-1 NQ-manifolds and foliations on the algebroid. They also define non strict actions of strict Lie 2-algebras on NQ 1-manifolds. They perform reduction by such distributions. Examples are also described.