Double vector bundles and duality

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Abstract: The most important examples of a double vector bundle are provided by iterated tangent and cotangent functors: TTM, TT^*M, T^*TM, and T^*T^*M. We introduce the notions of the dual double vector bundle and the dual double vector bundle morphism. Theorems on canonical isomorphisms are formulated and proved. Several examples are given.


The paper presents a general framework for vector bundles with two underlying vector bundle structures. The basic example is the tangent bundle of the total space of any vector bundle and, essentially, this is a quite straightforward generalization of the structures on the tangent and cotangent bundles of vector bundles. Such objects are met in classical mechanics, in particular. The whole paper is very detailed and well understandable, the main propositions deal with properties of second and third tangent bundles and their duals, the double vector bundle morphisms, etc. In the very end, a few applications to special objects on vector bundles like symplectic forms and linear connections are studied.




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