Connection theory on differentiable fibre bundles. A pedagogical introduction

Abstract

The paper contains a review on the general connection theory on differentiable fibre bundles. Particular attention is paid to (linear) connections on vector bundles. The (local) representations of connections in frames adapted to holonomic and arbitrary frames is considered.

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• Normal frames for linear connections in vector bundles and the equivalence principle in classical gauge theories