Publication details
Connections on principal prolongations of principal bundles
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Sborník konference DGA 10 |
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| Field | General mathematics |
| Keywords | principal prolongation; gauge theory; connection; torsion; Lie algebroid |
| Description | We study the principal connections on the r-th principal prolongation of a principal bundle by using the related Lie algebroids. We deduce that both approaches to the concept of torsion are naturally equivalent. Special attention is paid to the flow prolongation of connections. |
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