By Shun-ichi Amari
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In other words, the the basis vector di(a') at Ta , correponds to di(a) at Ta in 6-coordinate distributions form This system. a mixture is because family. 21). 6. Curvature and torsion In a manifold with an affine connection, the tangent space Ta at a can be mapped by an affine transformation to the tangent space T a , at a' along a curve a(t) connecting a and a'. This affine transformation depends in general on the curve connecting the two points. closed, A curve a(t), i. , a (to) = t € [to' is called a a (t l ) holds (to f given, tangent space Ta at a along the loop a(t).
Let a be a scalar parameter. dj R. (x, e)}dkR,(x, e)]. 26) when a = - 1. The covariant derivative with respect to the a-connection is denoted by v(a) . Let us define a third-order tensor by T ij k (e) = E [ aiR, (x, e) a j R, (x, e) ok R, (x, e) 1 . 28) Notice that its components change as _ -i-j-k Taay - BaBaByTijk under coordinate tensor. Such a quantity is called a The a-connection can be written as = r(l) + ijk r~<;tk) ~J which transformations. 29) calculating the coefficients of the a-connections.
K = m+l. m+2. n. to each A(u). a pair (u. v) specifies uniquely a point in S. This point is in the submanifold A(u) rigging u E M and has the coordinates v in A(u) one-dimensional. m = 1. ll. where M is is two-dimensional. ). Conversely. every point in S (or at least in a neighborhood of M) can uniquely be specified by a pair (u. v). a family A {A(u) I u E M} is More precisely. we say that smooth. when there exists a coordinate system v in each A(u) such that the pair (u. v) forms an allowable coordinate system of S.