Holonomic extension of connections and symmetrization of jets (Q2477371)

The authors discuss the symmetrization of higher order jets and the extension of connections. First, they introduce an extension of a general connection on a fibred manifold into an \(r\)-th order holonomic connection. Then, they classify all second order holonomic extensions. Next, after introducing symmetrization, of higher order semiholonomic and nonholonomic prolongation, they describe all symmetrization of \(r\)-th order semiholonomic prolongations. The paper is well written and introduces elegant methods for the study of jet bundles.