On the piecewise geodesic approximation of Andersson and Driver (Q819469)
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On the piecewise geodesic approximation of Andersson and Driver (English)
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29 March 2006
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\textit{L. Andersson} and \textit{B. Driver} [J. Funct. Anal. 165, No. 2, 430--498 (1999; Zbl 0943.58024)] proved a piecewise geodesic approximation formula for path integrals on compact Riemannian manifolds. In this context geodesics are those of the Levi-Civita connection. The author in this paper proves a generalization of the Andersson-Driver result for \(H^1\)-type metric to the case of general metric connections. Metric connections other than the Levi-Civita connection naturally appear in stochastic analysis on Lie groups and homogeneous spaces.
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tensor
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path integral
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piecewise geodesic approximation
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compact Riemannian manifolds
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metric connections
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