Radially symmetric connections over round spheres

Radially symmetric connections over round spheres
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 146 (2018), 3515-3527 Request permission

We classify the radially symmetric connections in vector bundles over round spheres by proving that they are all parallel.

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