A connection whose curvature is the Lie bracket

Details A connection whose curvature is the Lie bracket A connection whose curvature is the Lie bracket

2008-03-23

arxiv.org/abs/0803.3321v2

Journal of Generalized Lie Theory and Applications 3(4) (2009) 311-319

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

13 pages, revised and expanded

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Let G be a Lie group. On the trivial principal G-bundle over the Lie algebra of G there is a natural connection whose curvature is the Lie bracket. The exponential map is given by parallel transport of this connection. If G is the diffeomorphism group of a manifold, the curvature of the natural connection is the Lie bracket of vectorfields on the manifold. The motion of a ball rolling on an oriented surface is the parallel transport of a similar connection on the trivial SO(3)-bundle over the surface. If the surface is a plane or a sphere, then the curvature of the connection is a scalar multiple of the Lie bracket in the Lie algebra of SO(3).

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