Cocurvature
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In mathematics in the branch of differential geometry, the cocurvature of a connection on a manifold is the obstruction to the integrability of the vertical bundle.
Definition[]
If M is a manifold and P is a connection on M, that is a vector-valued 1-form on M which is a projection on TM such that PabPbc = Pac, then the cocurvature is a vector-valued 2-form on M defined by
where X and Y are vector fields on M.
See also[]
- Curvature
- Lie bracket
- Frölicher-Nijenhuis bracket
Categories:
- Differential geometry
- Curvature (mathematics)
- Differential geometry stubs