Holonomy (of a Connection) Natural & Formal Sciences Dictionary Definition The group of parallel-transport transformations obtained by transporting vectors (or frames) along closed loops in a manifold with a given connection; encodes curvature and global geometric constraints.
Holonomy (of a Connection) Natural & Formal Sciences Dictionary Definition The group of parallel-transport transformations obtained by transporting vectors (or frames) along closed loops in a manifold with a given connection; encodes curvature and global geometric constraints.