Covariant derivatives for Ehresmann connections

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2022.104541zbMATH Open1496.53029arXiv2110.07242OpenAlexW3206619778WikidataQ114173516 ScholiaQ114173516MaRDI QIDQ2149442FDOQ2149442

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 28 June 2022

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We deal with the construction of covariant derivatives for some quite general Ehresmann connections on fibre bundles. We show how the introduction of a vertical endomorphism allows construction of covariant derivatives separately on both the vertical and horizontal distributions of the connection which can then be glued together on the total space. We give applications across an important class of tangent bundle cases, frame bundles and the Hopf bundle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.07242

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zbMATH Keywords

torsionEhresmann connectionsspraysHopf bundlecovariant derivativesframe bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric methods in ordinary differential equations (34A26) Linear and affine connections (53B05) Connections (general theory) (53C05)

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