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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | A canonical connection on sub-Riemannian contact manifolds |
Author: | Eastwood, M. Neusser, K. |
Citation: | Archivum Mathematicum, 2016; 52(5):277-289 |
Publisher: | Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science of Masaryk University, Brno |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 0044-8753 1212-5059 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Michael Eastwood and Katharina Neusser |
Abstract: | We construct a canonically defined affine connection in sub-Riemannian contact geometry. Our method mimics that of the Levi-Civita connection in Riemannian geometry. We compare it with the Tanaka-Webster connection in the three-dimensional case. |
Keywords: | Contact manifold; sub-Riemannian geometry; partial connection; pseudo-Hermitian geometry |
Rights: | © Masaryk University, 2016 |
DOI: | 10.5817/AM2016-5-277 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/am2016-5-277 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Mathematical Sciences publications |
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