Ambrose-Singer theorem
From Diffgeom
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Statement
For connections on vector bundles
Let be a differential manifold,
a vector bundle over
, and
a connection on
. Let
. Then, the Lie algebra of the restricted holonomy group for
at
is the subalgebra of the Lie algebra of all endomorphisms of
, generated by the values
where
.
For connections on principal bundles
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Importance
The significance of this is that the Riemann curvature tensor is in some sense, the differential of the holonomy at the point. Fill this in later