Journal of Soviet Mathematics

, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 208–256 | Cite as

A contravariant theory of differential prolongation in models of spaces with connection

  • R. V. Vosilyus
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Abstract

This is a survey of a series of the author's studies on the geometry of differential-geometric structures, with applications to the geometry of differential equations.

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Differential Equation Differential Prolongation 
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