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Skew connections in vector bundles and their prolongations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Juraj Virsik
Juraj Virsik
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Monash University
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The paper is closely related to [1] and [2]. A skew connection in a vector bundle E as defined here is a pseudo-connection (in the sense of [1]) which can be changed into a connection by transforming separately the bundle E itself and the bundle of its differentials, i.e. one-forms on the base with values in E. The properties of skew connections are thus expected to be only “algebraically” more complicated than those of connections; especially one can follow the pattern of [1], and prolong them to obtain higher order semi-holonomic and non-holonomic pseudo-connections. It is shown in this paper that under some circumstances the main theorem of [1] or [2] applies also to skew connections.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , May 1972 , pp. 343 - 353
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1972

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