Linear connections and shape maps for second order ODEs with and without constraints

We deal with the construction of linear connections associated with second order ordinary differential equations with and without first order constraints. We use a novel method allowing glueing of submodule covariant derivatives to produce new, closed form expressions for the Massa-Pagani connection and our extension of it to the constrained case. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication year:2021

Keywords:A1 Journal article

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