Geodesics in metrical connections
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Abstract:
To each connection on a Riemannian manifold we define a tensor called the Q-tensor. We prove that two metrical connections have the same geodesics if and only if their Q-tensors are equal. We then show that any manifold of dimension greater than two admits many metrical connections having the same geodesics; in particular, the Q-tensor is a strictly weaker invariant than the torsion.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1971 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 30 (1971), 551-555
- MSC: Primary 53.70
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1971-0282312-X
- MathSciNet review: 0282312