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A canonical connection on sub-Riemannian contact manifolds

arXiv:1604.05392

Abstract

We 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.

12 pages. Misprint in Proposition 3.1 corrected in this version