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- noun differential geometry Given a smooth closed curve C on a surface M, and picking any point P on that curve, the holonomy of C in M is the angle by which some vector turns as it is parallel transported along the curve C from point P all the way around and back to point P.
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Gaining a Competitive Edge Through Systems Thinking | Impact Lab 2010
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This can be seen as an instance of the more general notion of the holonomy of a closed curve, a notion that has come to the fore in contemporary formulations of gauge theories including electromagnetism in terms of fiber bundles (Healey (2007)).
Holism and Nonseparability in Physics Healey, Richard 2008
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It is possible to stabilize the moduli without fluxes in M-theory compactified on singular manifolds with G_2 holonomy.
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