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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 iii Paper 22 5 b Solution by
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By definition consists of parallel adjoint sections. Evaluation at one point identifies it with the subspace of fixed by the full holonomy group. For holonomy equal to a maximal circle, write its elements as . The fixed Lie algebra isThe off-diagonal real plane rotates with weight two and has no nonzero vector fixed by the whole circle. A parallel section is uniquely determined by its value, and every invariant value gives a globally well-defined parallel section by parallel transport. Therefore . The full-circle holonomy hypothesis is essential: central holonomy would fix all of .
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