Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Nov 2013)
Levi-Civita's Theorem for Noncommutative Tori
Abstract
We show how to define Riemannian metrics and connections on a noncommutative torus in such a way that an analogue of Levi-Civita's theorem on the existence and uniqueness of a Riemannian connection holds. The major novelty is that we need to use two different notions of noncommutative vector field. Levi-Civita's theorem makes it possible to define Riemannian curvature using the usual formulas.
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