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Principal bundle structures among second order frame bundles

Differential Geometry 2015-04-13 v1

Abstract

Using a model for the bundle F^2M\hat{\mathcal F}^2M of semi-holonomic second order frames of a manifold MM as an extension of the bundle F2M{\mathcal F}^2M of holonomic second order frames of MM, we introduce in F^2M\hat{\mathcal F}^2M a principal bundle structure over F2M{\mathcal F}^2M, the structure group being the additive group A2(n)A_2(n) of skew-symmetric bilinear maps from R2×Rn{\Bbb R}^2 \times {\Bbb R}^n into Rn{\Bbb R}^n. The composition of the projection of that structure with the existing projection of the bundle F~2M\tilde{\mathcal F}^2M of non-holonomic second order frames of MM over F^2M\hat{\mathcal F}^2M provides a principal bundle structure in F~2M\tilde{\mathcal F}^2M over F2M{\mathcal F}^2M. These results close an existing gap in the theory of second order frame bundles.

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@article{arxiv.1504.02679,
  title  = {Principal bundle structures among second order frame bundles},
  author = {M. de León and A. Martín Méndez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.02679},
  year   = {2015}
}
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