Tangent functor on microformal morphisms, and non-linear pullbacks for forms and cohomology (Q6146408)

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Tangent functor on microformal morphisms, and non-linear pullbacks for forms and cohomology
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7799744

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    Tangent functor on microformal morphisms, and non-linear pullbacks for forms and cohomology (English)
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    5 February 2024
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    The author [Russ. Math. Surv. 71, No. 4, 784--786 (2016; Zbl 1362.58015); translation from Usp. Mat. Nauk 71, No. 4, 187--188 (2016); J. Geom. Phys. 111, 94--110 (2017; Zbl 1354.58007); ``Quantum microformal morphisms of supermanifolds: an explicit formula and further properties'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1512.04163}; Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 302, 88--129 (2018; Zbl 1430.58003); translation from Tr. Mat. Inst. Steklova 302, 98--142 (2018); Fortschr. Phys. 67, No. 8--9, Article ID 1910023, 29 p. (2019; Zbl 07758991)] introduced and studied a new type of morphisms between (super)manifolds, generalizing smooth maps, which are called \textit{microformal} or \textit{thick morphisms}. Their distinctive feature is that the pullbacks are formal non-linear differential operators over ordinary maps, being described as \textit{non-linear algebra homomorphisms}. This paper aims to extend the \textit{tangent functor} \(T\)\ and the \textit{antitangent functor} \(\Pi T\)\ from ordinary smooth maps \ to thick morphisms of both types (even and odd). A natural diffeomorphism involving the cotangent bundle \(T^{\ast}E\)\ of a vector bundle \(E\)\ plays a significant role. It was discovered by \textit{W. M. Tulczyjew} [Lect. Notes Math. 570, 457--463 (1977; Zbl 0353.53021)] for \(E=TM\) and by \textit{K. C. H. Mackenzie} and \textit{P. Xu} [Duke Math. J. 73, No. 2, 415--452 (1994; Zbl 0844.22005)] in the general case. Their generalization to supermanifolds was established in [\textit{T. Voronov}, Contemp. Math. 315, 131--168 (2002; Zbl 1042.53056)], where an analog for the anticotangent bundle \(\Pi T^{\ast}E\)\ was introduced.
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    supermanifolds and graded manifolds
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    graded and derived structures
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    microformal (thick) morphism
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    non-linear pullback
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    non-linear chain map
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    fiberwise-linear thick morphism
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