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Ehresmann connections; covariant derivatives; connections on vector bundles, principal bundles, ∞-bundles, submersions, bundle gerbes; holonomy and higher holonomy; parallel transport; torsion; curvature. See also the tags [principal-bundles], [vector-bundles], [gerbes], [curvature], [geodesics], [characteristic-classes], [torsion].
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A geometric interpretation of the Levi-Civita connection?
To understand the existence and uniqueness of the LC connection, it is not possible to sidestep some algebra, namely the fact (with a 1-line proof) that a tensor $a_{ijk}$ symmetric in $i,j$ and skew …