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Study graded coverings for supermanifolds, proving their universal properties.

Decomposes bundle gerbes on supermanifolds into simpler components.

We give a natural definition of geodesics on a Riemannian supermanifold and extend the usual geodesic flow defined on the cotangent bundle of the body of the supermanifold, associated to the induced Riemannian structure on the body, to a geodesic "superflow" on the cotangent bundle of the supermanifold. Integral curves…

Study non-split supermanifolds from complex manifolds.

In his recent investigation of a super Teichmüller space, Sachse (2007), based on work of Molotkov (1984), has proposed a theory of Banach supermanifolds using the `functor of points' approach of Bernstein and Schwarz. We prove that the the category of Berezin-Kostant-Leites supermanifolds is equivalent to the category…

Theory of $H$-graded manifolds and coverings of supermanifolds.

It is well-known that non-constant holomorphic functions do not exist on a compact complex manifold. This statement is false for a supermanifold with a compact reduction. In this paper we study the question under what conditions non-constant holomorphic functions do not exist on a compact homogeneous complex supermanif…

Holonomy groups and holonomy algebras for connections on locally free sheaves over supermanifolds are introduced. A one-to-one correspondence between parallel sections and holonomy-invariant vectors, and a one-to-one correspondence between parallel locally direct subsheaves and holonomy-invariant vector supersubspaces …

An automorphism on a complex supermanifold $\mathcal M$ is called unipotent if it reduces to the identity on the associated graded supermanifold $gr(\mathcal M)$. These automorphisms are close to be complementary to those responsible for homogeneity of a supermanifold. In analogy, their study yields results on the clas…

The classification of even-homogeneous complex supermanifolds of dimension 1|m, m\leq 3, on CP^1 up to isomorphism is given. An explicit description of such supermanifolds in terms of local charts and coordinates is obtained.

The paper studies Einstein metrics on homogeneous supermanifolds.

We prove that a Kahler supermetric on a supermanifold with one complex fermionic dimension admits a super Ricci-flat supermetric if and only if the bosonic metric has vanishing scalar curvature. As a corollary, it follows that Yau's theorem does not hold for supermanifolds.

The concept of $\Zn$-supermanifold has been recently proposed as a natural generalization of classical ($\Zs$-graded) supergeometry, allowing for more complicated commutativity constraints. Here we continue the study of $\Zn$-supergeometry by developing the foundations of differential calculus on $\Zn$-supermanifolds.

It is a classical result that any complex analytic Lie supergroup $\mathcal{G}$ is split \cite{kosz}, that is its structure sheaf is isomorphic to the structure sheaf of a certain vector bundle. However, there do exist non-split complex analytic homogeneous supermanifolds. We study the question how to find out whether …

Using the categorical description of supergeometry we give an explicit construction of the diffeomorphism supergroup of a compact finite-dimensional supermanifold. The construction provides the diffeomorphism supergroup with the structure of a Frechet supermanifold. In addition, we derive results about the structure of…

Introduces homogeneity supermanifolds for studying graded structures.

Possible irreducible holonomy algebras $\g\subset\sp(2m,\Real)$ of odd Riemannian supermanifolds and irreducible subalgebras $\g\subset\gl(n,\Real)$ with non-trivial first skew-symmetric prolongations are classified. An approach to the classification of some classes of the holonomy algebras of Riemannian supermanifolds…

We describe explicitly Lie superalgebra isomorphisms between the Lie superalgebras of first-order superdifferential operators on supermanifolds, showing in particular that any such isomorphism induces a diffeomorphism of the supermanifolds. We also prove that the group of automorphisms of such a Lie superalgebra is a s…

The abstract generalizes a construction for splitting supermanifolds and studies Lie supergroup cases.

Introduces supermanifolds and supersymmetry for mathematicians.

The aim of this work is the construction of a "supermanifold of morphisms $X \rightarrow Y$", given two finite-dimensional supermanifolds $X$ and $Y$. More precisely, we will define an object $\underline{SC}^\infty(X,Y)$ in the category of supermanifolds proposed by Molotkov and Sachse. Initially, it is given by the se…

We consider the volumes of classical supermanifolds such as the supersphere, complex projective superspace, and Stiefel and Grassmann supermanifolds, with respect to the natural metrics or symplectic structures. We show that the formulas for the volumes, upon certain universal normalization, can be obtained by an analy…

We present a survey of some results and questions related to the notion of scalar curvature in the setting of symplectic supermanifolds.

Extends transversality to supergeometry, proving stability and genericity.

In 1996/7, J. Bernstein observed that smooth or analytic supermanifolds that mathematicians study are real or (almost) complex ones, while Minkowski superspaces are completely different objects. They are what we call almost real-complex supermanifolds, i.e., real supermanifolds with a non-integrable distribution, the c…

In this note we examine a natural concept of a curve on a supermanifold and the subsequent notion of the jet of a curve. We then tackle the question of geometrically defining the higher order tangent bundles of a supermanifold. Finally we make a quick comparison with the notion of a curve presented here are other commo…

Odd connections on supermanifolds are defined and their properties studied.

Non-split almost complex supermanifolds and non-split Riemannian supermanifolds are studied. The first obstacle for a splitting is parametrized by group orbits on an infinite dimensional vector space. Further it is shown that non-split structures appear in the first case as deformations of a split reduction and in the …

A classical theorem states that the group of automorphisms of a manifold $M$ preserving a $G$-structure of finite type is a Lie group. We generalize this statement to the category of $cs$ manifolds and give some examples, some of which being generalizations of classical notions, others being particular to the super cas…

We consider odd Poisson (odd symplectic) structure on supermanifolds induced by an odd symmetric rank $2$ (non-degenerate) contravariant tensor field. We describe the difference between odd Riemannian and odd symplectic structure in terms of the Cartan prolongation of the corresponding Lie algebras, and formulate an an…

We obtain a classification up to isomorphism of complex-analytic supermanifolds with underlying space $\mathbb{CP}^1$ of dimension $1|3$ with retract $(k,k,k)$, where $k\in \mathbb{Z}$. More precisely, we prove that classes of isomorphic complex-analytic supermanifolds of dimension $1|3$ with retract $(k,k,k)$ are in o…

In this paper, we provide an accessible introduction to the theory of locally convex supermanifolds in the categorical approach. In this setting, a supermanifold is a functor $\mathcal{M}\colon\mathbf{Gr}\to\mathbf{Man}$ from the category of Grassmann algebras to the category of locally convex manifolds that has certai…

Study symplectic scalar curvature on supermanifolds.

Given a supervector bundle $E = E_0\oplus E_1 \to M$, we exhibit a parametrization of Quillen superconnections on $E$ by graded connections on the Cartan-Koszul supermanifold $(M;Ω(M))$. The relation between the curvatures of both kind of connections, and their associated Chern classes, is discussed in detail. In parti…

We show, in this note, that on any symplectic supermanifold, even or odd, there exist an infinite dimensional affine space of symmetric connections, compatible to the symplectic form.

These are notes on the theory of supermanifolds and integration on them, aiming to collect results that are useful for a better understanding of superstring perturbation theory in the RNS formalism.

A (biased and incomplete) review of the status of the theory of symplectic connections on supermanifolds is presented. Also, some comments regarding Fedosov's technique of quantization are made.

Study differential operators over maps and their applications in supermanifolds.

This paper concerns constructing topological sigma models governing maps from semirigid super Riemann surfaces to general target supermanifolds. We define both the A model and B model in this general setup by defining suitable BRST operators and physical observables. Using supersymmetric localization, we express correl…

It is well known that the category of real Lie supergroups is equivalent to the category of the so-called (real) Harish-Chandra pairs. That means that a Lie supergroup depends only on the underlying Lie group and its Lie superalgebra with certain compatibility conditions. More precisely, the structure sheaf of a Lie su…

This paper is based on the paper "Locally free sheaves on complex supermanifolds" of A.L.Onishchik, E.G. Vishnyakova, where two classification theorems for locally free sheaves on supermanifolds were proved and a spectral sequence for a locally free sheaf of modules E was obtained. We consider another filtration of the…

Expands Euler-Poincare characteristic to supergeometry.

We prove a holomorphic residue localization formula for odd holomorphic vector fields on compact complex supermanifolds whose fermionic and bosonic dimensions coincide. Under isolated non-degeneracy hypotheses on the reduced zero set, we give an explicit local residue formula.

Aim of this article is to introduce the notion of integral and geodesic flows on P-supermanifolds as certain partial actions of R . First I introduce the concept of parametrization over a `small' super algebra P, which leads to the notion of P-objects and is superized local deformation theory. It is shown how parametri…

The paper details local forms of morphisms in colored supermanifolds.

Smooth $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$-supermanifolds have been introduced and studied recently. The corresponding sign rule is given by the "scalar product" of the involved $\mathbb{Z}_2^n$-degrees. It exhibits interesting changes in comparison with the sign rule using the parity of the total degree. With the new rule, nonzero degre…

Mapping spaces of supermanifolds are usually thought as exclusively in functorial terms (i.e. trough the Grothendieck functor of points). In this work we provide a geometric description of such mapping spaces in terms of infinite-dimensional super-vector bundles.

The aim of this paper is to present a short introduction to supergeometry on pure odd supermanifolds. (Pseudo)differential forms, Cartan calculus (DeRham differential, Lie derivative, "inner" product), metric, inner product, Killing's vector fields, Hodge star operator, integral forms, co-differential and connection on…