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If A is a Lie algebroid over a foliated manifold \({(M, {\mathcal {F}})}\), a foliation of A is a Lie subalgebroid B with anchor image \({T{\mathcal {F}}}\) and such that A/B is locally equivalent with Lie algebroids over the slice manifolds of \({\mathcal F}\). We give several examples and, for foliated Lie algebroids, we discuss the following subjects: the dual Poisson structure and Vaintrob's supervector field, cohomology and deformations of the foliation, integration to a Lie groupoid. In the last section, we define a corresponding notion of a foliation of a Courant algebroid A as a bracket–closed, isotropic subbundle B with anchor image \({T{\mathcal {F}}}\) and such that \({B^{ \bot } /B}\) is locally equivalent with Courant algebroids over the slice manifolds of \({\mathcal F}\). Examples that motivate the definition are given.
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Vaisman, I. Foliated Lie and Courant Algebroids. Mediterr. J. Math. 7, 415–444 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-010-0045-0
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