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Theory of connections

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  • Volume 43, pages 119–194, (1957)
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The work on this paper was begun in France while the author held a French government fellowship and was completed in the University of Washington while he held a research assistantship.

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Kobayaschi, S. Theory of connections. Annali di Matematica 43, 119–194 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02411907

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