A note on induced connections

In this note, we will exploit the classical bijective correspondence between sections of an associated vector bundle and equivariant functions on the underlying principal bundle to revisit a global formula for induced connections on associated vector bundles. Consequently, we give the expression of the curvature in terms of the curvature 2-form of a connection on a principal bundle.

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