Definition:Connection/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Connection
The idea of a connection was investigated by Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl in his efforts to unify the theory of relativity and that of electromagnetism.
Subsequently, connections were used in the study of vector bundles, and as a result have shown themselves to be basic to the development of gauge theory.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): connection
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): connection