Commutators of flows and fields
Abstract
The well known formula [X,Y]=12∂2∂ t2|0 (Y-tX-tYtXt) for vector fields X, Y is generalized to arbitrary bracket expressions and arbitrary curves of local diffeomorphisms.
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