Conjecture on equivalence and iterated covariant derivatives

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Let MM be the underlying manifold, let UiU^i be a piecewise smooth tensor field, let the connection belong to ΓS3(M)\Gamma^{3}_{S}(M), and let Tν…μ…,Aν…μ…∈ΓA(∪nAn′ o)m(M)T^{\mu\ldots}_{\nu\ldots},A^{\mu\ldots}_{\nu\ldots}\in\Gamma^{m}_{A(\cup_n A'_n\,o)}(M) in the indicated classes. Let DC(U)nD^{n}_{C(U)} denote the nnth covariant derivative along UU. Derivative-preservation conjecture. If

Tν…μ…≈Aν…μ…,T^{\mu\ldots}_{\nu\ldots}\approx A^{\mu\ldots}_{\nu\ldots},

then

DC(U)nT≈DC(U)nAD^{n}_{C(U)}T\approx D^{n}_{C(U)}A

for every natural number nn, whenever such a covariant derivative exists. This proposes that equivalence is preserved by arbitrary iterated covariant differentiation under the stated existence condition; no resolution is supplied.

References

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

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