The Jet Isomorphism Theorem of pseudo-Riemannian geometry
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Abstract: We give a detailed exposition of the Jet Isomorphism Theorem of pseudo-Riemannian geometry. In its weak form this theorem states that the Taylor expansion up to order k+2 of a pseudo-Riemannian metric in normal coordinates can be reconstructed in a universal way from suitable symmetrizations of the covariant derivatives of the curvature tensor up to order k. In its full generality it states the equivalence of Taylor expansions of metrics in normal coordinates up to order k+2, abstract curvature k-jets and their symmetrizations as affine vector bundles. This theorem seems to be a cornerstone of local pseudo-Riemannian geometry which is hardly mentioned in the present literature anymore.
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