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Isomorphism classes for higher order tangent bundles

Differential Geometry 2017-10-11 v2

Abstract

The tangent bundle TkMT^kM of order kk, of a smooth Banach manifold MM consists of all equivalent classes of curves that agree up to their accelerations of order kk. In the previous work of the author he proved that TkMT^kM, 1k1\leq k\leq \infty, admits a vector bundle structure on MM if and only if MM is endowed with a linear connection or equivalently a connection map on TkMT^kM is defined. This bundle structure depends heavily on the choice of the connection. In this paper we ask about the extent to which this vector bundle structure remains isomorphic. To this end we define the notion of the kk'th order differential Tkg:TkMTkNT^kg:T^kM\longrightarrow T^kN for a given differentiable map gg between manifolds MM and NN. As we shall see, TkgT^kg becomes a vector bundle morphism if the base manifolds are endowed with gg-related connections. In particular, replacing a connection with a gg-related one, where g:MMg:M\longrightarrow M is a diffeomorphism, follows invariant vector bundle structures. Finally, using immersions on Hilbert manifolds, convex combination of connection maps and manifold of CrC^r maps we offer three examples to support our theory and reveal its interaction with the known problems such as Sasaki lift of metrics.

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@article{arxiv.1412.7321,
  title  = {Isomorphism classes for higher order tangent bundles},
  author = {Ali Suri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.7321},
  year   = {2017}
}

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21 pages

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