The constructions of general connections on the fibred product of q copies of the first jet prolongation

We describe all natural operators \(A\) transforming general connections \(\Gamma\) on fibred manifolds \(Y \rightarrow M\) and torsion-free classical linear connections \(\Lambda\) on \(M\) into general connections \(A(\Gamma,\Lambda)\) on the fibred product \(J^{&lt;q&gt;}Y \rightarrow M\) of \(q\) copies of the first jet prolongation \(J^{1}Y \rightarrow M\).<br /><br />

The constructions of general connections on second jet prolongation

We determine all natural operators D transforming general connections Γ on fibred manifolds Y → M and torsion free classical linear connections ∇ on M into general connections D(Γ,∇) on the second order jet prolongation J2Y → M of Y → M

Principal bundle structure on jet prolongations of frame bundles

In this paper, we introduce the structure of a principal bundle on the r-jet prolongation J r FX of the frame bundle FX over a manifold X. Our construction reduces the well-known principal prolongation W r FX of FX with structure group G nr. For a structure group of J r FX we find a suitable subgroup of G nr. We also discuss the structure of the associated bundles. We show that the associated action of the structure group of J r FX corresponds with the standard actions of differential groups on tensor spaces.