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In this chapter, we describe a particular way of moving a vector along a given curve on a surface. It provides an especially revealing means of exploring the non-Euclideanness of the surface.
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© 1996 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig/Wiesbaden
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Casey, J. (1996). Parallel Transport of a Vector on a Surface. In: Exploring Curvature. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80274-3_19
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