Linearization of Poisson groupoids (Q2139071)

Let us first say that very little is known about the linearization of Poisson structure on Poisson groupoids. This paper is an investigation of this subject. The author etablishes that dual integration of triangular bialgebroids are always linearizable. The methods used in this paper are very different from previous works. The author makes use of certain higher structures in differential geometry, such as double Lie algebroids and LA-groupoids. As a byproduct, new examples of double Lie algebroids and LA-groupoids are obtained. Finally, the author proves that the product Poisson groupoids can be linearizable only when the Poisson structure on the unit space is regular.