Curvature tensor of connection in principal bundle of Cartan's projective connection space

Abstract

We considered Cartan's projective connection space with structure equations generalizing the structure equations of the projective space and the condition of local projectivity (this condition is an analogue to the equiprojectivity condition in the projective space). The curvature-torsion object of the space is a tensor containing three subtensor: torsion tensor, torsion affine curvature tensor, extended torsion tensor. Cartan's pro­jective connection space is not a space with connection of the principal bundle. The assignment of a connection in the adjoint principal bundle leads to a space with a connection. It is proved that the curvature object of the introduced connection is a tensor.

Keywords

• space of cartan's projective connection
• curvature-torsion tensor
• curvature tensor
• connection in an adjoint principal bundle