# Is there a close form solution for parallel transport on 2 sphere along the great circles.

I need to transport a tangent vector on 2-sphere from point $p$ to $q$ along the geodesic, which is defined using great circles in this case. I believe there are iterative solutions to achieve that like explained here. Is there a close form solution to achieve that?

Yes, you want to apply the unique rotation matrix that sends $p$ to $q$ while preserving their cross product. Computing that rotation matrix is a well-known problem, e.g.:
Under parallel transport along the great circle arc $$\gamma(t) = (\cos t) \Basis_{1} + (\sin t) \Basis_{2}, \tag{1}$$ $\Basis_{2}$ (blue) is carried to $(\cos t) \Basis_{2} - (\sin t) \Basis_{1}$, while $\Basis_{3}$ (green) is preserved. Every tangent vector $v$ at $p$ (black) can be written as a linear combination $$v = a \Basis_{2} + b \Basis_{3},$$ and the parallel transport of $v$ along (1) from $p$ to $\gamma(t)$ is $$\Gamma_{t}(v) = a(\cos t) \Basis_{2} - a(\sin t) \Basis_{1} + b \Basis_{3}.$$ $\endgroup$