Foundations of supermanifold theory: The axiomatic approach

DOI10.1016/0926-2245(93)90027-XMaRDI QIDQ688082zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Ugo Bruzzo, Claudio Bartocci, Daniel Hernandez Ruiperez, Vladimir G. Pestov

Publication date 29 November 1993

Published in Differential Geometry and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0926-2245(93)90027-x

zbMATH Keywords

axiomatic approach infinite-dimensional algebras supermanifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Supermanifolds and graded manifolds (58A50)

Review text

In 1986 \textit{M. Rothstein} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 297, 159-180 (1986; Zbl 0636.58009)] introduced a system of 4 axioms which should be satisfied by every reasonable category of supermanifolds. However, in a certain sense, the category determined by his axiomatics, the so-called \(R\)-supermanifolds, is too large. The present paper analyzes Rothstein's axiomatics, discusses the interdependence among his axioms and singles out an additional axiom which is necessary for the characterization of those \(R\)-supermanifolds which are free from certain limitations described by the authors. The resulting axiomatic system defines so- called \(R^ \infty\)-supermanifolds (which are the same as graded manifolds when the ground algebra is \(\mathbb{R}\) or \(\mathbb{C})\) -- they provide the most natural generalization of differentiable or complex manifolds. The paper also contains some other results on \(R\)- and \(R^ \infty\)- supermanifolds.

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