Examples of Thomas-Whitehead projective connections (Q1385073)
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Examples of Thomas-Whitehead projective connections (English)
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30 September 1998
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Projective connections on a manifold can be represented by Thomas-Whitehead (TW) connections, which are just linear connections on a natural \(\mathbb{R}\)-bundle over the manifold satisfying certain special properties. We show that TW-connections with recurrent curvature are flat, and we characterize the TW-connections which are metric connections. Finally, we classify invariant torsion-free linear connections, invariant projective structures, and invariant TW-connections for a homogeneous space.
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projective structure
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projective connection
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Levi-Civita connection
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homogeneous space
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