Remarques sur quelques théorèmes généraux de géométrie métrique
Sur la règle des analogies de M. Lemoine
Calculus on Lie algebroids, Lie groupoids and Poisson manifolds
We begin with a short presentation of the basic concepts related to Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids, but the main part of this paper deals with Lie algebroids. A Lie algebroid over a manifold is a vector bundle over that manifold whose properties are very similar to those of a tangent bundle. Its dual bundle has properties very similar to those of a cotangent bundle: in the graded algebra of sections of its exterior powers, one can define an operator similar to the exterior derivative. We present...
On submanifolds and quotients of Poisson and Jacobi manifolds
We obtain conditions under which a submanifold of a Poisson manifold has an induced Poisson structure, which encompass both the Poisson submanifolds of A. Weinstein [21] and the Poisson structures on the phase space of a mechanical system with kinematic constraints of Van der Schaft and Maschke [20]. Generalizations of these results for submanifolds of a Jacobi manifold are briefly sketched.
Homenaje a Paulette Libermann.
On symmetries and constants of motion in Hamiltonian systems with nonholonomic constraints
The works of Charles Ehresmann on connections: from Cartan connections to connections on fibre bundles
Around 1923, Élie Cartan introduced affine connections on manifolds and defined the main related concepts: torsion, curvature, holonomy groups. He discussed applications of these concepts in Classical and Relativistic Mechanics; in particular he explained how parallel transport with respect to a connection can be related to the principle of inertia in Galilean Mechanics and, more generally, can be used to model the motion of a particle in a gravitational field. In subsequent papers, Élie Cartan...
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