A canonical connection on sub-Riemannian contact manifolds

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dc.contributor.authorEastwood, M.
dc.contributor.authorNeusser, K.
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractWe 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.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMichael Eastwood and Katharina Neusser
dc.identifier.citationArchivum Mathematicum, 2016; 52(5):277-289
dc.identifier.doi10.5817/AM2016-5-277
dc.identifier.issn0044-8753
dc.identifier.issn1212-5059
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/108307
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Mathematics, Faculty of Science of Masaryk University, Brno
dc.rights© Masaryk University, 2016
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5817/am2016-5-277
dc.subjectContact manifold; sub-Riemannian geometry; partial connection; pseudo-Hermitian geometry
dc.titleA canonical connection on sub-Riemannian contact manifolds
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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