Parallel Transport

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In geometry, parallel transport is a way of transporting geometrical data along smooth curves in a manifold. If the manifold is equipped with an affine connection (a covariant derivative or connection on the tangent bundle), then this connection allows one to transport vectors of the manifold along curves so that they stay parallel with respect to the connection. Other notions of connection come equipped with their own parallel transportation systems as well. For instance, a Koszul connection in a vector bundle also allows for the parallel transport of vectors in much the same way as with a covariant derivative. An Ehresmann or Cartan connection supplies a lifting of curves from the manifold to the total space of a principal bundle. Such curve lifting may sometimes be thought of as the parallel transport of reference frames.

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• Con la collaborazione di: Susan F Marseken (Editore), Susan F. Marseken (Editore), Lambert M. Surhone (Editore), Miria T Timpledon (Editore), Miriam T. Timpledon (Editore)
• Editore: Betascript Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9786130336998
• ISBN: 978-613-0-33699-8
• Pagine: 116
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 220 mm x 6 mm
• Peso: 171 g
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica