Connections and Parallel Transport

(This note was originally written by Keenan Crane; at this point all responsibility for content and/or errors lies with Peter Schröder) Parallel Transport Suppose we have a tangent vector \(u = df(X)\) sitting on an immersed surface \(f(M)\). How do we move from one point of the surface to another while preserving the direction of … Continue reading Connections and Parallel Transport