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In this chapter, we revisit the geodesic equation and give an appropriate definition of covariant derivatives of vector fields (associated with the Chern connection). Our argument will be heuristic and is motivated by a Riemannian characterization.
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Ohta, Si. (2021). Covariant Derivatives. In: Comparison Finsler Geometry. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80650-7_4
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