Tangent Lie algebras to the holonomy group of a Finsler manifold
Communications in Mathematics (2011)
- Volume: 19, Issue: 2, page 137-147
- ISSN: 1804-1388
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topMuzsnay, Zoltán, and Nagy, Péter T.. "Tangent Lie algebras to the holonomy group of a Finsler manifold." Communications in Mathematics 19.2 (2011): 137-147. <http://eudml.org/doc/246536>.
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abstract = {Our goal in this paper is to make an attempt to find the largest Lie algebra of vector fields on the indicatrix such that all its elements are tangent to the holonomy group of a Finsler manifold. First, we introduce the notion of the curvature algebra, generated by curvature vector fields, then we define the infinitesimal holonomy algebra by the smallest Lie algebra of vector fields on an indicatrix, containing the curvature vector fields and their horizontal covariant derivatives with respect to the Berwald connection. At the end we introduce conjugates of infinitesimal holonomy algebras by parallel translations with respect to the Berwald connection. We prove that this holonomy algebra is tangent to the holonomy group.},
author = {Muzsnay, Zoltán, Nagy, Péter T.},
journal = {Communications in Mathematics},
keywords = {higher order field theories; boundary terms; tangent Lie algebra; the holonomy group; Finsler manifold},
language = {eng},
number = {2},
pages = {137-147},
publisher = {University of Ostrava},
title = {Tangent Lie algebras to the holonomy group of a Finsler manifold},
url = {http://eudml.org/doc/246536},
volume = {19},
year = {2011},
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PY - 2011
PB - University of Ostrava
VL - 19
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AB - Our goal in this paper is to make an attempt to find the largest Lie algebra of vector fields on the indicatrix such that all its elements are tangent to the holonomy group of a Finsler manifold. First, we introduce the notion of the curvature algebra, generated by curvature vector fields, then we define the infinitesimal holonomy algebra by the smallest Lie algebra of vector fields on an indicatrix, containing the curvature vector fields and their horizontal covariant derivatives with respect to the Berwald connection. At the end we introduce conjugates of infinitesimal holonomy algebras by parallel translations with respect to the Berwald connection. We prove that this holonomy algebra is tangent to the holonomy group.
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KW - higher order field theories; boundary terms; tangent Lie algebra; the holonomy group; Finsler manifold
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