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We shall here define gauge natural bundles together with the structures defined on them, e.g. the automorphisms and vector fields induced by the structure bundle. Both the categorial and constructive definitions are given and compared. The bundle of principal connections is again considered as an example of gauge natural bundle. We shall also consider the bundle of automorphisms and infinitesimal automorphisms of a principal bundle P as further examples and applications.
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Fatibene, L., Francaviglia, M. (2003). Gauge Natural Bundles. In: Natural and Gauge Natural Formalism for Classical Field Theorie. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2384-8_5
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