Abstract
We develop the basic language of differential geometry, including smooth manifolds, bundles, and differential forms. Once this background is established, we explore parallelism in smooth manifolds -- in particular, in Riemannian manifolds -- and conclude by presenting a proof of the Ambrose-Singer theorem, which relates parallelism (holonomy) to curvature in principal bundles.
Date of publication
Spring 5-5-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Language
english
Persistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/266
Recommended Citation
Christian, Austin, "Differential Geometry: Curvature and Holonomy" (2015). Math Theses. Paper 5.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/266