On Galilean connections and the first jet bundle

Details On Galilean connections and the first jet bundle On Galilean connections and the first jet bundle

1999-09-24

arxiv.org/abs/math/9909148v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

6 pages, Latex2e

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We express the first jet bundle of curves in Euclidean space as homogeneous spaces associated to a Galilean-type group. Certain Cartan connections on a manifold with values in the Lie algebra of the Galilean group are characterized as geometries associated to systems of second order ordinary differential equations. We show these Cartan connections admit a form of normal coordinates, and that in these normal coordinates the geodesic equations of the connection are second order ordinary differential equations. We then classify such connections by some of their torsions, extending a classical theorem of Chern involving the geometry associated to a system of second order differential equations.

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