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Second order equations on manifolds
In my notes, the lecturer considers a smooth vector field $v: TM\to T(TM)$, with $M$ a smooth manifold. Let's write
$$v(u,e)=((u,e), (a(u,e),b(u,e)).$$
It is said that $v$ is a second order equation ...
