Connection

Connection may refer to:

Mathematics edit

Connection (algebraic framework)
Connection (mathematics), a way of specifying a derivative of a geometrical object along a vector field on a manifold
Connection (affine bundle)
Connection (composite bundle)
Connection (fibred manifold)
Connection (principal bundle), gives the derivative of a section of a principal bundle
Connection (vector bundle), differentiates a section of a vector bundle along a vector field
Cartan connection, achieved by identifying tangent spaces with the tangent space of a certain model Klein geometry
Ehresmann connection, gives a manner for differentiating sections of a general fibre bundle
Electrical connection, allows the flow of electrons
Galois connection, a type of correspondence between two partially ordered sets
Affine connection, a geometric object on a smooth manifold which connects nearby tangent spaces
Levi-Civita connection, used in differential geometry and general relativity; differentiates a vector field along another vector field