Restriction of a connection to an embedded submanifold ($i^{\ast }\nabla \text{ on }TN{|}_M$)

For an embedded submanifold $i:M\hookrightarrow N$, the ambient affine connection induces a pullback connection on $i^{\ast }TN=TN{|}_M$. Extend a local section off $M$ and differentiate in a direction tangent to $M$. If two extensions agree on $M$, their difference has zero coefficients on $M$, whose tangential derivatives are zero. Thus the restricted derivative is independent of the extension. Its value may have a normal component, so obtaining a connection on $TM$ requires a further projection.