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Keywords:
covariant differentiation; Christoffel symbols
covariant differentiation; Christoffel symbols
Summary:
We give a method based on an idea of O. Veblen which gives explicit formulas for the covariant derivatives of natural objects in terms of the Christoffel symbols of a symmetric Ehresmann $\varepsilon $-connection.
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