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Transporting a vector along two different curves with the same initial and terminal point on a manifold gives different results. This picture uses the Levi-Civita connection for parallel transport along the red and blue curves on the sphere.

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current	10:29, 12 August 2006	270×262 (17 KB)	Fjung (Talk \| contribs)	(Transporting a vector along two different curves with the same initial and terminal point on a manifold gives different results. This picture uses the Levi-Civita connection for parallel transport along the red an blue curves )