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Invariant operators on geometric quantities

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The operations on geometric objects presently known which commute with changes of variables are described, and their properties are discussed.

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Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Sovremennye Problemy Matematiki, Vol. 16, pp. 3–29, 1980.

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Kirillov, A.A. Invariant operators on geometric quantities. J Math Sci 18, 1–21 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01098199

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