Riemannian Metrics on Locally Projectively Flat Manifolds

dc.creatorLoftin, J. C.
dc.date2001-08-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:43:12Z
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dc.descriptionThe expression (-1/u) times the Hessian of u transforms as a symmetric (0,2) tensor under projective coordinate transformations, so long as u transforms as a section of a certain line bundle. On a locally projectively flat manifold M, the section u can be regarded as a metric potential analogous to the local potential in Kahler geometry. If M is compact and u is a negative section of the dual of the tautological bundle whose Hessian is positive definite, then M is projectively equivalent to a quotient of a bounded convex domain in R^n. The same is true if M has a boundary on which u=0. This theorem is analogous to a result of Schoen and Yau in locally conformally flat geometry. The proof uses affine differential geometry techniques developed by Cheng and Yau.
dc.description16 pages, to be published in American Journal of Mathematics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0108218
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0108218
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/62114
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.subject57N16 (Primary), 53A15 (Secondary)
dc.titleRiemannian Metrics on Locally Projectively Flat Manifolds
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