Let \(X,Y\in \mathfrak{X}(\mathbb{R}^n)\) be smooth vector fields. The Euclidean connection is defined by

\begin{equation*} \bar{\nabla}_XY = X(Y^i)\partial_i. \end{equation*}

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  • The Euclidean connection on \(\mathbb{R}^n\) is the Levi-Civita connection.