Canonical connections on sub-Riemannian manifolds with constant symbol

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Autore principale: Grong, Erlend
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contents As a tool to address the equivalence problem in sub-Riemannian geometry, we introduce a canonical choice of grading and compatible affine connection, available on any sub-Riemannian manifold with constant symbol. We completely compute these structures for contact manifolds of constant symbol, including the cases where the connections of Tanaka-Webster-Tanno are not defined. We also give an original intrinsic grading on sub-Riemannian (2,3,5)-manifolds, and use this to present the first flatness theorem in this setting.
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spellingShingle Canonical connections on sub-Riemannian manifolds with constant symbol
Grong, Erlend
Differential Geometry
53C17, 17B70, 58A15
As a tool to address the equivalence problem in sub-Riemannian geometry, we introduce a canonical choice of grading and compatible affine connection, available on any sub-Riemannian manifold with constant symbol. We completely compute these structures for contact manifolds of constant symbol, including the cases where the connections of Tanaka-Webster-Tanno are not defined. We also give an original intrinsic grading on sub-Riemannian (2,3,5)-manifolds, and use this to present the first flatness theorem in this setting.
title Canonical connections on sub-Riemannian manifolds with constant symbol
topic Differential Geometry
53C17, 17B70, 58A15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.05366