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Moving frames for cotangent bundles

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-07 v1 math.MP Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

Cartan's moving frames method is a standard tool in riemannian geometry. We set up the machinery for applying moving frames to cotangent bundles and its sub-bundles defined by non-holonomic constraints.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0203014,
  title  = {Moving frames for cotangent bundles},
  author = {J. Koiller and P. de M. Rios and K. M. Ehlers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0203014},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages, to appear in Rep. Math. Phys