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A canonical connection on sub-Riemannian contact manifolds

Differential Geometry 2016-04-21 v2

Abstract

We construct a canonically defined affine connection in sub-Riemannian contact geometry. Our method mimics that of the Levi-Civita connection in Riemannian geometry. We compare it with the Tanaka-Webster connection in the three-dimensional case.

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@article{arxiv.1604.05392,
  title  = {A canonical connection on sub-Riemannian contact manifolds},
  author = {Michael Eastwood and Katharina Neusser},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05392},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

12 pages. Misprint in Proposition 3.1 corrected in this version