  We define and study a random Lie bracket that induces torsion in expectation.
Almost all stochastic analysis on manifolds have assumed parallel transport.
Mathematically this assumption is very reasonable. However, in many applied
geometry and graphics problems parallel transport is not achieved, the "change
in coordinates" are not exact due to noise. We formulate a stochastic model on
a manifold for which parallel transport does not hold and analyze the
consequences of this model with respect to classic quantities studied in
Riemannian geometry. We first define a stochastic lie bracket that induces a
stochastic covariant derivative. We then study the connection implied by the
stochastic covariant derivative and note that the stochastic lie bracket
induces torsion. We then state the induced stochastic geodesic equations and a
stochastic differential equation for parallel transport. We also derive the
curvature tensors for our construction and a stochastic Laplace-Beltrami
operator. We close with a discussion of the motivation and relevance of our
construction.
