Let F:ℱol → ℱℳ be a product preserving bundle functor on the category ℱol of foliated manifolds (M,ℱ) without singularities and leaf respecting maps. We describe all natural operators C transforming infinitesimal automorphisms X ∈ 𝒳(M,ℱ) of foliated manifolds (M,ℱ) into vector fields C(X)∈ 𝒳(F(M,ℱ)) on F(M,ℱ).

We introduce the concept of an involution of iterated bundle functors. Then we study the problem of the existence of an involution for bundle functors defined on the category of fibered manifolds with m-dimensional bases and of fibered manifold morphisms covering local diffeomorphisms. We also apply our results to prolongation of connections.

We introduce exchange natural equivalences of iterated nonholonomic, holonomic and semiholonomic jet functors, depending on a classical linear connection on the base manifold. We also classify some natural transformations of this type. As an application we introduce prolongation of higher order connections to jet bundles.

In recent ten years, there has been much concentration and increased research activities on Hamilton’s Ricci flow evolving on a Riemannian metric and Perelman’s functional. In this paper, we extend Perelman’s functional approach to include logarithmic curvature corrections induced by quantum effects. Many interesting consequences are revealed.

Let $𝒫{ℬ}_m$ be the category of all principal fibred bundles with $m$-dimensional bases and their principal bundle homomorphisms covering embeddings. We introduce the concept of the so called $(r,m)$-systems and describe all gauge bundle functors on $𝒫{ℬ}_m$ of order $r$ by means of the $(r,m)$-systems. Next we present several interesting examples of fiber product preserving gauge bundle functors on $𝒫{ℬ}_m$ of order $r$. Finally, we introduce the concept of product preserving $(r,m)$-systems and describe all fiber product preserving gauge...

Let Y → M be a fibred manifold with m-dimensional base and n-dimensional fibres. Let r, m,n be positive integers. We present a construction $B^r$ of rth order holonomic connections $B^r(\Gamma ,\nabla ):Y\to J^{r}Y$ on Y → M from general connections Γ:Y → J¹Y on Y → M by means of torsion free classical linear connections ∇ on M. Then we prove that any construction B of rth order holonomic connections $B(\Gamma ,\nabla ):Y\to J^{r}Y$ on Y → M from general connections Γ:Y → J¹Y on Y → M by means of torsion free classical linear connections ∇ on M is equal to $B^r$. Applying...

Let $F=F^{(A,H,t)}$ and $F^1=F^{(A^1,H^1,t^1)}$ be fiber product preserving bundle functors on the category ${\mathrm{ℱℳ}}_m$ of fibred manifolds $Y$ with $m$-dimensional bases and fibred maps covering local diffeomorphisms. We define a quasi-morphism $(A,H,t)\to (A^1,H^1,t^1)$ to be a $GL\left(m\right)$-invariant algebra homomorphism $\nu :A\to A^1$ with $t^1=\nu \circ t$. The main result is that there exists an ${\mathrm{ℱℳ}}_m$-natural transformation $FY\to F^{1}Y$ depending on a classical linear connection on the base of $Y$ if and only if there exists a quasi-morphism $(A,H,t)\to (A^1,H^1,t^1)$. As applications, we study existence problems of symmetrization (holonomization)...

We classify all bundle functors $G$ admitting natural operators transforming connections on a fibered manifold $Y\to M$ into connections on $GY\to M$. Then we solve a similar problem for natural operators transforming connections on $Y\to M$ into connections on $GY\to Y$.

We present a complete description of all fiber product preserving gauge bundle functors F on the category ${}_m$ of vector bundles with m-dimensional bases and vector bundle maps with local diffeomorphisms as base maps. Some corollaries of this result are presented.