Cohomology and deformations of Filippov algebroids

Abstract: In this article, we study the deformations of Filippov algebroids. We define a differential graded Lie algebra (in short DGLA) for a Filippov algebroid by introducing the notion of Filippov multiderivations for a vector bundle. Later on, we discuss deformations of a Filippov algebroid in terms of low-dimensional cohomology associated to this DGLA. We define Nijenhuis operators on Filippov algebroids and characterize trivial deformations of Filippov algebroids in terms of these operators. In the end, we define finite order deformations and discuss the problem of extending a given finite order deformation to a deformation of a higher order.