Principal bundle structures among second order frame bundles

Abstract: Using a model for the bundle

h a t {m a t h c a l F}^{2} M

of semi-holonomic second order frames of a manifold

M

as an extension of the bundle

{m a t h c a l F}^{2} M

of holonomic second order frames of

M

, we introduce in

h a t {m a t h c a l F}^{2} M

a principal bundle structure over

{m a t h c a l F}^{2} M

, the structure group being the additive group

A_{2} (n)

of skew-symmetric bilinear maps from

{B b b R}^{2} i m e s {B b b R}^{n}

into

{B b b R}^{n}

. The composition of the projection of that structure with the existing projection of the bundle

i l d e {m a t h c a l F}^{2} M

of non-holonomic second order frames of

M

over

h a t {m a t h c a l F}^{2} M

provides a principal bundle structure in

i l d e {m a t h c a l F}^{2} M

over

{m a t h c a l F}^{2} M

. These results close an existing gap in the theory of second order frame bundles.

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