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A curvature form for pseudoconnections

Differential Geometry 2014-09-12 v1

Abstract

We obtain the curvature form F=PddP+dPF^\nabla=P\circ d^\nabla\circ\nabla-d^\nabla\circ P\circ\nabla+d^\nabla\circ\nabla\circ P for a vector bundle pseudoconnection \nabla, where dd^\nabla is the exterior derivative associated to \nabla. We use FF^\nabla to obtain the curvature of \nabla. We also prove that F=0F^\nabla=0 is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition for dd^\nabla to be a chain complex. Instead we prove that F=0F^\nabla=0 and dd=0d^\nabla\circ d^\nabla\circ\nabla=0 are necessary and sufficient conditions for dd^\nabla to be a {\em chain 22-complex}, i.e., ddd=0d^\nabla\circ d^\nabla\circ d^\nabla=0.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1409.3479,
  title  = {A curvature form for pseudoconnections},
  author = {C. A. Morales and M. Vilches},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3479},
  year   = {2014}
}

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6 pages

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