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Linear connections for systems of second-order ordinary differential equations
Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 65 (1996) no. 2, pp. 223-249. 
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Crampin, M.; Martínez, E.; Sarlet, W. Linear connections for systems of second-order ordinary differential equations. Annales de l'I.H.P. Physique théorique, Tome 65 (1996) no. 2, pp. 223-249. http://www.numdam.org/item/AIHPA_1996__65_2_223_0/

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