Path structures on manifolds

DOI10.1063/1.523175zbMath0368.53010MaRDI QIDQ4146211

Jürgen Ehlers, Egon Köhler

Publication date: 1977

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0013-5EBC-B

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53B20: Local Riemannian geometry

53B05: Linear and affine connections

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