0 Kinematics of vector fields
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چکیده
Different (not only by sign) affine connections are introduced for con-travariant and covariant tensor fields over a differentiable manifold by means of a non-canonical contraction operator, defining the notion dual space and commuting with the covariant and with the Lie-differential operator. Classification of the linear transports on the basis of the connections between the connections is given. Notion of relative velocity and relative acceleration for vector fields are determined. By means of these kinematic characteristics several other types of notions as shear velocity, shear acceleration, rotation velocity, rotation acceleration, expansion velocity and expansion acceleration are introduced and on their basis the auto-parallel vector fields are classified.
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