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From Schouten to Mackenzie: notes on brackets (2105.14828v1)
Published 31 May 2021 in math.HO, math.DG, and math.RA
Abstract: In this paper, dedicated to the memory of Kirill Mackenzie, I relate the origins and early development of the theory of graded Lie brackets, first in the publications on differential geometry of Schouten, Nijenhuis, and Fr\"olicher--Nijenhuis, then in the work of Gerstenhaber and Nijenhuis--Richardson in cohomology theory.
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