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Keywords:
higher order linear connection; natural operator
Summary:
We describe how find all $\mathcal Mf_m$-natural operators $D$ transforming torsion free classical linear connections $\nabla $ on $m$-manifolds $M$ into $r$-th order linear connections $D(\nabla )$ on $M$.
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