Hypersymplectic structures with torsion on Lie algebroids

Abstract Hypersymplectic structures with torsion on Lie algebroids are investigated. We show that each hypersymplectic structure with torsion on a Lie algebroid determines three Nijenhuis morphisms. From a contravariant point of view, these structures are twisted Poisson structures. We prove the existence of a one-to-one correspondence between hypersymplectic structures with torsion and hyperkahler structures with torsion. We show that given a Lie algebroid with a hypersymplectic structure with torsion, the deformation of the Lie algebroid structure by any of the transition morphisms does not affect the hypersymplectic structure with torsion. We also show that if a triplet of 2-forms is a hypersymplectic structure with torsion on a Lie algebroid A , then the triplet of the inverse bivectors is a hypersymplectic structure with torsion for a certain Lie algebroid structure on the dual A ∗ , and conversely. Examples of hypersymplectic structures with torsion are included.