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parallel displacement
mathematics
Also known as: parallel transport
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- In Tullio Levi-Civita
…introduction of the concept of parallel displacement in general curved spaces. This concept immediately found many applications and in relativity is the basis of the unified representation of electromagnetic and gravitational fields. In pure mathematics as well, his concept was instrumental in the development of modern differential geometry.
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