Poisson quasi-Nijenhuis manifolds (Q883056)

The purpose of the paper under review is to introduce the notion referred to in the title and to investigate some of its basic properties. Let \(M\) be a smooth manifold, \(\pi\in{\mathfrak X}^2(M)\) a Poisson bivector field, \(N\colon TM\to TM\) a \((1,1)\)-tensor field, and \(\phi\in\Omega^3(M)\) a closed 3-form. The quadruple \((M,\pi,N,\phi)\) is called a Poisson quasi-Nijenhuis manifold if the tensor fields \(\pi\) and \(N\) are compatible in the sense of Poisson Nijenhuis manifolds, \(i_N\phi\) is a closed form, and for all vector fields \(X,Y\in{\mathfrak X}(M)\) we have \([NX,NY]-N([NX,Y]+[X,NY]-N[X,Y])=\pi^\sharp(i_{X\wedge Y}\phi)\). According to one of the theorems proved in the present paper, the quadruple \((M,\pi,N,\phi)\) is a Poisson quasi-Nijenhuis manifold if and only if the triple \(((T^*M)_\pi,(TM)_N,\phi)\) is a quasi-Lie bialgebroid. The integrability problem for these structures is also addressed (in the sense of integrability of Lie algebras to Lie groups). One thus finds that the Poisson (quasi-)Nijenhuis manifolds are in one-to-one correspondence with the symplectic (quasi-)Nijenhuis groupoids that satisfy certain topological conditions. Eventually one shows that the generalized complex structures can be viewed as special cases of Poisson quasi-Nijenhuis structures.