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Higher order Cartan connections

Juraj Virsik (1996)

Archivum Mathematicum

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A Cartan connection associated with a pair P ( M , G ' ) P ( M , G ) is defined in the usual manner except that only the injectivity of ω : T ( P ' ) T ( G ) e is required. For an r -th order connection associated with a bundle morphism Φ : P ' P the concept of Cartan order q r is defined, which for q = r = 1 , Φ : P ' P , and dim M = dim G / G ' coincides with the classical definition. Results are obtained concerning the Cartan order of r -th order connections that are the product of r first order (Cartan) connections.