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Parallel transport around a latitude of the unit sphere
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For
d
s
2
=
d
θ
2
+
sin
2
θ
d
ϕ
2
, a vector initially having coordinate components
(
V
θ
,
V
ϕ
)
=
(
1
,
0
)
returns after one constant-
θ
circuit with
(
V
θ
,
V
ϕ
)
=
(
cos
(
2
π
cos
θ
)
,
−
s
i
n
θ
s
i
n
(
2
π
c
o
s
θ
)
)
.
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