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Given a fiber bundle $E\to M$$\pi:E\to M$, and a curve $\gamma:[0,1]\to M$, and a point $p \in \pi^{-1}(\gamma(0))$, a connection on the bundle allows us to uniquely lift $\gamma$ to a horizontal curve in E through $p$. In almost all situations I have encountered, the horizontal lift does not depend on the orientation of $\gamma$. To be precise, the two curves $t\to \gamma(t)$ and $t\to\gamma(1-t)$ have the same horizontal lift through $p$.

I have a fiber bundle for which I would like to have a type of parallel transport which depends on which direction one is moving in the base. So my question is: what is the best way to formulate a connection which is orientation dependent, and so enables this type of parallel transport?

Given a fiber bundle $E\to M$, and a curve $\gamma:[0,1]\to M$, a connection on the bundle allows us to uniquely lift $\gamma$ to a horizontal curve in E. In almost all situations I have encountered, the horizontal lift does not depend on the orientation of $\gamma$. To be precise, the two curves $t\to \gamma(t)$ and $t\to\gamma(1-t)$ have the same horizontal lift.

I have a fiber bundle for which I would like to have a type of parallel transport which depends on which direction one is moving in the base. So my question is: what is the best way to formulate a connection which is orientation dependent, and so enables this type of parallel transport?

Given a fiber bundle $\pi:E\to M$, a curve $\gamma:[0,1]\to M$, and a point $p \in \pi^{-1}(\gamma(0))$, a connection on the bundle allows us to uniquely lift $\gamma$ to a horizontal curve in E through $p$. In almost all situations I have encountered, the horizontal lift does not depend on the orientation of $\gamma$. To be precise, the two curves $t\to \gamma(t)$ and $t\to\gamma(1-t)$ have the same horizontal lift through $p$.

I have a fiber bundle for which I would like to have a type of parallel transport which depends on which direction one is moving in the base. So my question is: what is the best way to formulate a connection which is orientation dependent, and so enables this type of parallel transport?

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Is there a notion of a connection for which the horizontal lift of a curve depends on its orientation?

Given a fiber bundle $E\to M$, and a curve $\gamma:[0,1]\to M$, a connection on the bundle allows us to uniquely lift $\gamma$ to a horizontal curve in E. In almost all situations I have encountered, the horizontal lift does not depend on the orientation of $\gamma$. To be precise, the two curves $t\to \gamma(t)$ and $t\to\gamma(1-t)$ have the same horizontal lift.

I have a fiber bundle for which I would like to have a type of parallel transport which depends on which direction one is moving in the base. So my question is: what is the best way to formulate a connection which is orientation dependent, and so enables this type of parallel transport?