Geometry of differential operators and odd Laplace operators

DOI10.1070/RM2003V058N01ABEH000597zbMATH Open1064.58021arXivmath/0301236OpenAlexW2950596473WikidataQ115323747 ScholiaQ115323747MaRDI QIDQ4828528FDOQ4828528

Authors: F. F. Voronov, O. M. Khudaverdyan 

Publication date: 22 November 2004

Published in: Russian Mathematical Surveys (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We solve the following problem: to describe in geometric terms all differential operators of the second order with a given principal symbol. Initially the operators act on scalar functions. Operator pencils acting on densities of arbitrary weights appear naturally in the course of study. We show that for the algebra of densities it is possible to establish a one-to-one correspondence between operators and brackets generated by them. Everything is applicable to supermanifolds as well as to usual manifolds. In the super case the problem is closely connected with the geometry of the Batalin--Vilkovisky formalism in quantum field theory, namely the description of the generating operators for an odd bracket. We give a complete answer. This text is a concise outline of the main results. A detailed exposition is in exttt{arXiv:math.DG/0212311}.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0301236

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zbMATH Keywords

Laplace operatorconnectionsupermanifoldbracket

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic equations on manifolds, general theory (58J05) Analysis on supermanifolds or graded manifolds (58C50)

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