A curvature form for pseudoconnections

Abstract: We obtain the curvature form

F^{a} b l a = P c i r c d^{a} b l a c i r c a b l a - d^{a} b l a c i r c P c i r c a b l a + d^{a} b l a c i r c a b l a c i r c P

for a vector bundle pseudoconnection

a b l a

, where

d^{a} b l a

is the exterior derivative associated to

a b l a

. We use

F^{a} b l a

to obtain the curvature of

a b l a

. We also prove that

F^{a} b l a = 0

is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for

d^{a} b l a

to be a chain complex. Instead we prove that

F^{a} b l a = 0

and

d^{a} b l a c i r c d^{a} b l a c i r c a b l a = 0

are necessary and sufficient conditions for

d^{a} b l a

to be a {em chain

2

-complex}, i.e.,

d^{a} b l a c i r c d^{a} b l a c i r c d^{a} b l a = 0

.

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