Conjecture on covariant differentiation for piecewise smooth data

Let UiU^i be a piecewise smooth vector field and let ΓναμΓS3(M)\Gamma^{\mu}_{\nu\alpha}\in\Gamma^{3}_{S}(M). Piecewise-smooth covariant-derivative conjecture. Covariant differentiation along UiU^i defines a map

Dn(nAno)m(M)Γ~A(nAno)m+n(M),D'^{m}_{n (\cup_n A'_n\, o)}(M)\to\tilde\Gamma^{m+n}_{A (\cup_n A'_n\,o)}(M),

and the image classes Γ~A(nAno)m+n(M)\tilde\Gamma^{m+n}_{A (\cup_n A'_n\,o)}(M) contain exactly one element of Dnm(M)D'^{m}_{n}(M). This is a broader extension of the preceding covariant-derivative proposal to piecewise smooth vector fields and connections; no resolution is supplied.

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Jozef Skakala, “New ideas about multiplication of tensorial distributions”, arXiv:0908.0379 (2011).

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