Geometry of Nonlinear Connections
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چکیده
We show that locally diffeomorphic exponential maps can be defined for any second-order differential equation, and give a (possibly nonlinear) covariant derivative for any (possibly nonlinear) connection. We introduce vertically homogeneous connections as the natural correspondents of homogeneous second-order differential equations. We provide significant support for the prospect of studying nonlinear connections via certain, closely associated secondorder differential equations. One of the most important is our generalized Ambrose-Palais-Singer correspondence. MSC(1991): Primary 53C15; Secondary 53C22, 58E10. −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−→Υ̂· ∞·←−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− Partially supported by CONACYT grant 26594-E.
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