AN AXIOMATIC DEFINITION OF HOLONOMY

DOI10.1142/S0129167X94000425zbMath0816.53016MaRDI QIDQ4320552

R. F. Picken, A. P. Caetano

Publication date: 21 February 1995

Published in: International Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

holonomy maps; intimate paths; pointed principal bundles; rank-one homotopy; thin loop homotopy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C05: Connections (general theory)

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