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Lie derivatives of sections of natural vector bundles

Differential Geometry 2025-04-23 v1

Abstract

Time derivatives of pullbacks and push forwards along smooth curves of diffeomorphism of sections of natural vector bundles are computed in terms of Lie derivatives along adapted non-autonomous vector fields by extending a key lemma in [Markus Mauhart, Peter W. Michor: Commutators of flows and fields. Arch. Math. (Brno) 28 (1992), 228-236. arXiv:math/9204221]. There is also the analogous result about the first non-vanishing derivative of higher order.

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@article{arxiv.2504.15605,
  title  = {Lie derivatives of sections of natural vector bundles},
  author = {Peter W. Michor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.15605},
  year   = {2025}
}

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