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Thayer Watkins
This web page is devoted to giving an explanation of Levi-Civita's concepts of vector transport and holonomy, which are important in mathematical physics. The page is written for a reader with knowledge of differential geometry. It deals with the movement of a vector along a surface and includes images to explain the concepts.
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