
Given a non-degenerate affine hypersurface \(M^n\) of \(\mathbb{R}^{n+ 1}\), then any so-called relative normalization (that is, the choice of a transversal vector field with vanishing transversal connection form) induces a semi-Riemannian metric \(h\) and a torsion-free Ricci-symmetric connection \(\nabla\) on \(M^n\). Then \(h\) and \(\nabla\) determine the conjugate connection \(\overline\nabla\), which is again torsion-free and Ricci-symmetric (in fact, the author always tacitly assumes connections to be torsion-free and Ricci-symmetric). When changing the relative normalization, these data obviously change, \(h\) by a conformal transformation, \(\overline\nabla\) by a strongly projective transformation and \(\nabla\) by a so-called conprojective tarnsformation. In this way one has a natural class of conjugate triples on any non-degenerate hypersurface of \(\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\). The paper under review studies the converse question: given a class of such conjugate triples on a simply connected manifold \(M^n\), when does there exist an immersion of \(M^n\) into \(\mathbb{R}^{n+ 1}\) inducing this class on \(M^n\). The answer is very elegant: if and only if one of the connections in the class is flat. The next question is to determine necessary and sufficient conditions for such classes to contain a flat connection. For this purpose, the author studies some invariant curvature tensors which vanish in case the class contains a flat connection.
affine hypersurface theory, conformai structure, relative normalization, 53A30, Affine differential geometry, projective structure, 53A20, Projective differential geometry, conformal structure, Conformal differential geometry, 53A15
affine hypersurface theory, conformai structure, relative normalization, 53A30, Affine differential geometry, projective structure, 53A20, Projective differential geometry, conformal structure, Conformal differential geometry, 53A15
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