Thomas's structure bundle for conformal, projective and related structures

DOI10.1216/rmjm/1181072333zbMath0828.53012OpenAlexW1986614997MaRDI QIDQ1890786

A. Rod Gover, Michael G. Eastwood, Toby N. Bailey

Publication date: 5 July 1995

Published in: Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1216/rmjm/1181072333

zbMATH Keywords

tractor bundle conformal manifold Cartan connection tractor connection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Projective differential geometry (53A20)

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