The Taylor series related to the differential of the exponential map

Abstract: In this paper we study the Taylor series of an operator-valued function related to the differential of the exponential map. For a smooth manifold

m a t h c a l M

with a torsion-free affine connection the operator

m a t h c a l E_{p} (v)

acting on the space

T_{p} m a t h c a l M

is defined to be the composition of the differential of the exponential map at

v i n T_{p} m a t h c a l M

with parallel transport to

p

along the geodesic. The Taylor series of

m a t h c a l E_{p}

as a function of

v

is found explicitly in terms of the curvature tensor and its high order covariant derivatives at

p

.

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