Multiplicative Ehresmann connections (Q6098434)

The authors extend the theory of multiplicative Ehressmann connections to general submersions of Lie groupoids covering the identity. Unlike the case of locally trivial Lie groupoids, connections as such do not always exist in the general case. The authors give the obstructions for their existence and show that a properness assumption ensures their existence. The standard apects of connection theory (connection 1-forms, curvature, Bianchi identity, holonomy) are developed thoroughly. From the abstract: ``In [``Poisson geometry around Poisson submanifolds'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:2205.11457}] we provide a non-trivial application of the results obtained here, to obtain local models in Poisson geometry and to obtain linearization results around Poisson submanifolds.''