Covariant differential
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
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A generalization of the notion of a differential to fields of different geometric objects. It is a tensor -form on a manifold with values in the module of tensor fields defined by the formula
where is the covariant derivative of the field along . For detailed information, see Covariant differentiation.
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Covariant differential. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Covariant_differential&oldid=18963
Covariant differential. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Covariant_differential&oldid=18963
This article was adapted from an original article by I.Kh. Sabitov (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article