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Flat covariant derivative
Is it true that for any flat and torsion-free connection $\nabla : \mathfrak{X} (M) \times \mathfrak{X} (M) \rightarrow \mathfrak{X} (M) $ there exist a local systems of coordinates such that the ...
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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 $\pi:E\to M$, 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 ...
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Inducing linear connections via functors
Let $M$ be a smooth manifold and let $\pi:E\rightarrow M$ be a real vector bundle over it. Let $\nabla$ be a linear (Koszul) connection on $E$ (here in this question I am using covariant derivatives, ...
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The exterior derivative of a certain differential form on the space of connections of a surface
Let $Y$ be a closed oriented $2$-dimensional manifold, $G$ a Lie group and $Q \to Y$ a principal $G$-bundle with a given section $q.$ Denote by $\mathcal{A}_Q$ the space of connections on $Q,$ and by $...
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Flatness as an integrability condition without invoking bundles
Let $\pi:E\rightarrow M$ be a vector bundle, and let $U\subseteq M$ be a trivialization domain for $E$. Assume a linear connection is given on $E$ with local connection form(s) $\omega=(\omega^a_{\ b})...
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determinant of curvature (notation issue)
This is when studying about Chern classes from Kobayashi and Nomizu.
Let $\pi:E\rightarrow M$ be a complex vector bundle with fibre $\mathbb{C}^r$ and Group $G=GL(r,\mathbb{C})$.
Let $p:P\rightarrow ...
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Maximally symmetric affine manifold
As a physicist who knows (something) about General Relativity, I'm accustomed to the term "maximally symmetric space" being an $n$-dimensional manifold with $\frac{n(n+1)}{2}$ Killing vectors. A ...
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holonomy of connection on gerbes
I am reading this notes of Hitchin to understand about gerbes. He defines gerbe by giving a collection of $2$ cocycles $g_{\alpha\beta\gamma}:U_\alpha\cap U_\beta\cap U_\gamma\rightarrow S^1$ with ...
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Special connection of vector bundle over real manifold
Let $E \rightarrow M$ be a vector bundle over a smooth manifold $M$ and let $g$ be a bundle metric. Does there exists a conection (maybe unique) $\nabla$ which is compatible with $g$. By this I mean: ...
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Applications of Ambrose-Singer theorem on holonomy
I am planning to introduce to a group of Graduate students the notion of connections on Principal bundle, curvature of connection, Holonomy. I want to conclude with the statement of Ambrose-Singer ...
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Left invariant connections on a Lie group
The exponential map associated with the (-) - connection on a Lie group is generally not surjective. This is because, for this connection, the one-parameter subgroups and geodesics coincide. If we ...
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Is there a connection $\nabla$ for which this particular non geodesible vector field $X$ satisfy $\nabla_X X=0$?
Let $X$ be the following vector field on $\mathbb{R}^2\setminus \{0\}$
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x' &= x\,(1-x^2-y^2)(x^2+y^2-3) - y\,(2-x^2-y^2)\\
y' &= y\,(1-x^2-y^2)(x^2+y^2-3) + x\,(2-x^2-y^2).
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Existence of sections of a fibre bundle which are covariantly constant along certain directions
Given a vector bundle $\pi\colon E \rightarrow B$ equipped with a connection $\nabla$, it is well known that a basis of flat sections $s_i$ ($i=1,\dots,\text{rank}(E)$) (i.e. $\nabla_X s_i = 0$ for ...
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Connection 1-form of the frame bundle associated to a vector bundle with a connection
Let $\lambda = (P,\pi,M;G)$ be a smooth principal $G$-bundle (projection $\pi : P \to M)$, $V$ a finite dimensional vector space, and $\rho : G \to GL(V)$ a smooth representation of $G$ in $V$.
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A question about a paper of Bismut and Lebeau
Let $X$ be a Riemannian manifold, and $Y\hookrightarrow X$ be a closed submanifold of $X$ with normal bundle $N$ with the induced metric.
Then near $Y$, we have $$dv_X(y,Z)=k(y,Z)dv_Y(y)dv_{N_y}(Z),$$...
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The bundle of symmetric affine connections as quotient of the second-order frame bundle
This post is not about finding an answer to a certain problem - because the answer already exists - but rather about finding the simplest possible answer.
The problem is: how to define the bundle $C(...
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When are geodesics straight lines?
Suppose I have a global coordinate system on a manifold, which is affine with respect to an affine connection on that manifold. The connection is flat and torsion free, and the connection coefficients ...
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Do "associative" connections exist / arise naturally in some context?
Here is a little bit of curiousity that's been itching me, let's hope it doesn't get me killed, meow.
Definition: Let $M$ be a smooth manifold. A connection $\nabla$ on $TM$ is called associative ...
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Metric connection on $\mathbb{R}^4$ that is locally Kähler but not globally Kähler
in a comment to this question When can a Connection Induce a Riemannian Metric for which it is the Levi-Civita Connection?
Robert Bryant mentions that it is possible to construct a metric connection ...
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Locally Riemannian Connection
Let $\Gamma^a{}_{bc}=\Gamma^a{}_{cb}$ be a symmetric connection whose curvature is $$R^a{}_{bcd}=\partial_c\Gamma^a{}_{bd}-\partial_d\Gamma^a{}_{bc}+\Gamma^a{}_{ec}\Gamma^e{}_{bd}-\Gamma^a{}_{ed}\...
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Riemannian vs Non-Riemannian curvature
If you neither know the metric nor the holonomy group, how do you recognize a curvature tensor is Riemannian?
I assume a curvature, by definition, satisfies Bianchi identities. I know it is ...
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Is torsion of a connection always an obstruction to some kind of integrability? [closed]
Let $E$ be a vector bundle over a smooth manifold $M$ equipped with a linear connection $\nabla : \Gamma(E) \to \Omega^1(M;E).$ I say $(M,E,\nabla)$ is flat if it admits trivial local models; i.e. if ...
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Formal adjoint of the covariant derivative
Let $E \to M$ be a vector bundle over some Riemannian metric $(M, g)$ and endow it with some fibre metric. Assume that covariant derivative $\nabla$ is compatible with the metric.
It is essentially ...
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Most natural connection on Lie group: comparison of different pictures
Let $G$ be a Lie group (not necessarily compact). One can equip $G$ with the left invariant metric (or
right invariant but in general there is no biinvariant metric in the noncompact case). Once the ...
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Relation between the geodesics of Finsler norms $F(V)$ and $F(-V)$
I am trying to solve this exercise. Let $(M,F)$ be a Finsler space and define $\tilde{F}(x,y):=F(x,-y)$. Then $(M,\tilde{F})$ is a Finsler space and given a geodesic $t\mapsto \gamma(t)$ of $F$, $t\...
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semi flat connections
Let $L\to V$ be complex line bundle and $F_{t}:V\to V$, $t\in [0,1]$, be a loop of diffeomorphisms, $F_0=F_1=$ identity.
For every $x\in V$, we get a loop $\gamma_x(t)=\{F_t(x)\}$ whose class in $\...
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Affine connections as equivariant maps
An affine torsion-free connection on a smooth manifold $M$ may be thought of as a section of an affine bundle whose associated vector bundle is $S^2(T^*M)\otimes TM$. One would think that this affine ...
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Is there such a connection on the punctured plane?
Is there a connection on $\mathbb{R}^2 \setminus \{0\}$ for which all operators of parallel transports are in the form $$\begin{pmatrix}a&-b\\b&a \end{pmatrix}$$
but the parallel ...
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The dimension of the subspace of flat spin connections
I am interested in the the flat spin connections in a Riemann spacetime of dimension 4. They appear in the context of the frame formalism of metric gravity theories. I believe that they form a ...
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Reference for parallel transport around loop and its relation to curvature
It is a well known fact that the geometric meaning of a linear connection's curvature can be realized as the measure of a change in a fiber element as it is parallel transported along a closed loop.
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Does "symmetry" of a pullback connection should be obvious?
$\newcommand{\M}{M}$
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Let $\M,\N$ be smooth manifolds, $\phi:\M \to \N$ be a ...
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Do we have classical Riemann-Hilbert correspondence for infinite dimensional flat vector bundles?
Let $E$ be an $n$-dimensional vector bundle on a manifold $M$ and $\nabla: \Gamma(E)\to \Omega^1(M,E)$ be a flat connection on $E$. Classical Riemann-Hilbert correspondence tells us that ker$\nabla$ ...
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Connections and curvature in commutative algebra
Since on any commutative algebra $R$ over ring $S$ we have module of Kahler differentials $(\Omega_{R/S},d)$ which extends to the algebraic de-Rham complex $(\Omega^\bullet,d),$ it is natural to ...
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When is a flow geodesic and how to construct the connection from it
Let $(M,\Gamma)$ be a $C^\infty$ $n$ dimensional real manifold with a linear connection $\Gamma$ on it. I know the following:
If $\gamma:[t_0,t_1]\rightarrow M$ is a smooth curve and is a geodesic, ...
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Can we define exterior derivatives using pushforwards and connections?
Let $\alpha$ be a differential form on a smooth manifold $M$. For simplicity, let's suppose that it is a $1$-form. Then we can think of $\alpha$ as a smooth map from $M$ to $T^* M$, the cotangent ...
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Splitting Short exact sequences of vector bundle with connection
Let $F\to M$ be a vector bundle and $E\subseteq F$ a subbundle. Suposse that $\nabla$ is a connection on $F$ s.t. preserves $E$, i.e. $\nabla_X(e)\in \Gamma E \quad \forall e\in \Gamma E, \ X\in\Gamma ...
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Definition of Connection as G-invariant splitting of a sequence which is a pulled back sequence of bundles
I'm reading Atiyah-Bott's paper "The Yang-Mills equations over Riemann surfaces" and have a couple of questions on page 547. They define a connection $A$ as a $G$-invariant splitting of the exact ...
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How to find $\beta^\prime_e(t)$ where $\beta_e(t)=\textrm{Hol}^\sigma_{\gamma_{1, t}}(e)$?
Let $p:E\longrightarrow B$ be a surjective submersion and $\sigma: p^*(TB)\longrightarrow TE$ a complete connection. Given a path $\gamma: [a, b]\longrightarrow B$ and $s, t\in [a, b]$ such that $s<...
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On generalized Tanaka connection
Many authors used the Tanaka connection in their papers such as
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to define new Tanaka connection so-called Generalized Tanaka connection $^*\nabla$ on a contact Riemannian manifold $(M,\eta,\xi,\...
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Comparing holonomies along different connections?
Let $p:E\longrightarrow B$ be a smooth surjective submersion and $\sigma, \sigma^\prime: p^*(TB)\longrightarrow TE$ be two complete connections. Given a path $\gamma:I\longrightarrow B$ we can ...
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Geometric interpretation of horizontal and vertical lift of vector field
In many References such as D.E. Blair, Riemannian Geometry of Contact and Symplectic Manifolds chapter 9, and Differential Geometric Structures
By Walter A. Poor Page 54; the horizontal and vertical ...
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A connection on $Hom( E,E)$ whose parallel transport is compatible to parallel transport of $E$
According to the answer of Sebastan and previous edit of Ben McKay I revise my post as follows:
Assume that $E$ is a vector bundle over a manifold $M$ with a connection $\nabla$.
Is there a (...
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Definition of Levi-Civita connection map and a theorem about it?
Does anyone know definition of Levi-Civita connection map that defined as $K: TTM\to TM$. and how to prove the following theorem:
Theorem: If $X\in\mathfrak{X}(M)$ be a vector field over $M$ and $K:...
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Hermitic connections on complex line bundles with imaginary curvature form
It is a simple fact that if $L \to B$ is a complex line bundle endowed with an Hermitian product and a compatible connection $\nabla$, then the curvature $F_\nabla$ is imaginary (and so are the local ...
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Proof about affine connections
I'm reading Nomizu & Sasaki's "Affine Differential Geometry: Geometry of Affine Immersions" and I'm having some trouble with Proposition 1.4.
I have an immersed surface in $M \hookrightarrow \...
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Generalized Dirac operators
So far I met three definitions of the so called generalized Dirac operator(or Dirac type operators. Everything takes place over Riemannian manifols $M$ and we have smooth hermitian vector bundle $S \...
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Is a non-flat hermitian connection determined uniquely by its holonomy and curvature?
How do I prove that gauge-equivalence classes of $U(1)$ connections on a line bundle $L\to M$ are determined uniquely by pairs $(\alpha,F)$, where
$$\alpha\in\text{Hom}(\pi_1(M),U(1)),~~~~F\in \Omega^...
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A question about flat connection
Let $E\to X$ be a complex flat vector bundle, and say $\nabla_0$ and $\nabla_1$ are two flat connections on it. Let $p:X\times[0, 1]\to X$ denote the projection onto the first factor. Is there a way ...
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Holonomy of a Ricci-flat affine connection
There is some link between Ricci-flatness and reduction of holonomy. For example a Kahler manifold is Ricci-flat if and only if it has at most $SU(n)$ holonomy rather than $U(n)$, and it's apparently ...
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Parallel Transport on Hypersurface Spinor Bundle
So this has been driving me up a wall. I'm trying to digest parts of the Parker & Taubes paper, "On Witten's Proof of the Positive Energy Theorem." Here's a link:
https://projecteuclid.org/...
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