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SIGMA, 2013 Volume 9, 071, 9 pp. (Mi sigma854)

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Levi-Civita's Theorem for Noncommutative Tori

Jonathan Rosenberg

Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

Abstract: We show how to define Riemannian metrics and connections on a noncommutative torus in such a way that an analogue of Levi-Civita's theorem on the existence and uniqueness of a Riemannian connection holds. The major novelty is that we need to use two different notions of noncommutative vector field. Levi-Civita's theorem makes it possible to define Riemannian curvature using the usual formulas.

Keywords: noncommutative torus; noncommutative vector field; Riemannian metric; Levi-Civita connection; Riemannian curvature; Gauss–Bonnet theorem.

MSC: 46L87; 58B34; 46L08; 46L08

Received: July 26, 2013; in final form November 19, 2013; Published online November 21, 2013

Language: English

DOI: 10.3842/SIGMA.2013.071



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ArXiv: 1307.3775


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