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How is the $k$-times iterative frame bundle $FF\cdots FM$ associated to the higher order frame bundle $F^k M$?

$\DeclareMathOperator\Gl{Gl}$As I understand it a natural bundle is one for which a diffeomorphism on the base space lifts to an automorphism on the total space of the bundle. It is my understanding ...
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Nonholonomic version of bijection between $r$th order connection on $TM$ and principal connection on $r$th order frame bundle $P^r M$?

Given a smooth manifold $M$, Kolář - On the torsion of linear higher order connections showed that there is an equivalence between a linear, $r$-th order connection the tangent bundle $TM$ of $M$, and ...
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Physical intuition for curvature on higher order frame bundles?

$\DeclareMathOperator\SO{SO}$A priori: I apologize if this isn't up to Mathoverflow standards, I've had very little luck getting questions on this subject answered elsewhere. I'm looking for a physics ...
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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(...