31 Oct 2023. Talk by Filip Moučka at the Geometry Seminar (LIGAT), UAB.
Abstract: We introduce analogues of the exterior derivative, the Lie derivative, and the Lie bracket of vector fields, on the algebra of completely symmetric covariant tensor fields. Then we discuss the basic properties and geometrical interpretation of these objects. Using the correspondence between the Cartan calculus and its symmetric counterpart, we introduce a symmetric version of Poisson geometry and generalized geometry.