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Where is the Courant operad discussed? And hopefully defined precisely.

By the Courant operad or rather a suitable generalization of operad to accommodate the inner product, the operad whose algebras are Courant algebras is meant.

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    $\begingroup$ What is the Courant operad? (even if unprecisely) $\endgroup$
    – Fernando Muro
    Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 15:21
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    $\begingroup$ Ironically, currently the top two Google results for "Courant operad" are this page here and this other page. $\endgroup$
    – Willie Wong
    Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 16:02
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    $\begingroup$ Knowing a little bit the works of the author of the question, does this have something to do with http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Courant+algebroid ? $\endgroup$
    – Philippe Gaucher
    Commented Jan 27, 2014 at 16:17
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    $\begingroup$ Yes to Philippe's query By the Courant operad or rather a suitable generalization of operad to accommodate the inner product, I meant the operad whose algebras are Courant algebras. $\endgroup$
    – Jim Stasheff
    Commented Mar 27, 2014 at 14:32
  • $\begingroup$ Dear @Jim Stasheff, perhaps you could edit the question to include the content of your comment and clarify what you are asking. $\endgroup$
    – Ricardo Andrade
    Commented Apr 18, 2014 at 22:30

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