Connections & Geodesics

Differential Geometry Cite
Primary: Levi-Civita, Ehresmann
Publication: Connections on manifolds
Year: 1917–1950
URL: Wikipedia

∇ connection, parallel transport. Geodesic ∇_γ' γ'=0. Exponential map. Hopf–Rinow.

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