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2000 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

The Chern Connection

verfasst von : D. Bao, S.-S. Chern, Z. Shen

Erschienen in: An Introduction to Riemann-Finsler Geometry

Verlag: Springer New York

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The Chern connection that we construct is a linear connection that acts on a distinguished vector bundle π*TM, sitting over the manifold TM \0 or SM. It is not a connection on the bundle TM over M. Nevertheless, it serves Finsler geometry in a manner that parallels what the Levi-Civita (Christoffel) connection does for Riemannian geometry. This connection is on equal footing with, but is different from, those due to Cartan, Berwald, and Hashiguchi (to name just a few).

Metadaten
Titel
The Chern Connection
verfasst von
D. Bao
S.-S. Chern
Z. Shen
Copyright-Jahr
2000
Verlag
Springer New York
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1268-3_2

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