Convolution bialgebra of a Lie groupoid and transversal distributions
arXiv:2109.13093 · doi:10.1016/j.geomphys.2022.104642
Abstract
For a Lie groupoid G over a smooth manifold M we construct the adjoint action of the etale Lie groupoid G# of germs of local bisections of G on the Lie algebroid g of G. With this action, we form the associated convolution C_c(M)/R-bialgebra C_c(G#,g). We represent this C_c(M)/R-bialgebra in the algebra of transversal distributions on G. This construction extends the Cartier-Gabriel decomposition of the Hopf algebra of distributions with finite support on a Lie group.
22 pages