Get Math Help

GET TUTORING NEAR ME!

By submitting the following form, you agree to Club Z!'s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

    Parallel Transport

    Definition

    The notion of parallel transport on a manifold M makes precise the idea of translating a vector field V along a differentiable curve to attain a new vector field V' which is parallel to V. More precisely, let M be a smooth manifold with affine connectionVector Bundle Connection del , let c:I->M be a differentiable curve from an interval I into M, and let V_0 element T_(c(t_0)) M be a vector tangent to M at c(t_0) for some t_0 element I. A vector field V is said to be the parallel transport of V_0 along c provided that V(t), t element I, is a vector field for which V(t_0) = V_0.

    Find the right fit or it’s free.

    We guarantee you’ll find the right tutor, or we’ll cover the first hour of your lesson.