This paper is a review of the twistor theory of irreducible G-structures and affine connections. Long ago, Berger presented a very restricted list of possible irreducibly acting holonomies of torsion-free affine connections. His list was complete in the part of metric connections, while the situation with holonomies of…
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Study special affine connections on symmetric spaces and their products.
problem Characterize special affine connections on symmetric spaces.
method Analyze canonical affine connections, introduce special products, and study holonomy Lie algebras.
result Established a correspondence between special affine connections and special products on the Lie algebra.
We classify complex compact parallelizable manifolds which admit flat torsion free holomorphic affine connections. We exhibit complex compact manifolds admitting holomorphic affine connections, but no flat torsion free holomorphic affine connections.
Formulae for non-symmetric connections derived from covariant derivatives.
problem Deriving commutation formulae for non-symmetric affine connections.
method Covariant derivatives of tensors with respect to symmetric and non-symmetric affine connections.
result Formulae for non-symmetric connections derived from covariant derivatives.
This paper deals with affine connections on real manifolds. We give a new characterization of flat affine connections on real manifolds by means of certain affine representations of the Lie group of automorphisms preserving the connection. Then we specialize the characterization to the case of a left invariant connecti…
Calculates affine transformations for specific homogeneous spaces.
problem Computing groups of affine transformations on homogeneous spaces.
method Analyzes conditions for affine connections and uses them to establish group isomorphisms.
result Groups of affine transformations are locally isomorphic under specified conditions.
Study on completeness in affine and statistical geometry.
problem Completeness of affine connections on statistical manifolds and affine hypersurfaces.
method Collect basic facts, prove new theorems, provide examples.
result New theorems on completeness of affine connections.
We state and prove a simple Theorem that allows one to generate invariant quantities in Metric-Affine Geometry, under a given transformation of the affine connection. We start by a general functional of the metric and the connection and consider transformations of the affine connection possessing a certain symmetry. We…
Affine connections linked to Riccati distributions on compact surfaces.
problem Understanding affine structures on complex compact surfaces.
method Established a correspondence between affine connections and Riccati distributions.
result One-to-one correspondence between affine structures and Riccati foliations on compact surfaces.
We study the existence of a natural `linearisation' process for generalised connections on an affine bundle. It is shown that this leads to an affine generalised connection over a prolonged bundle, which is the analogue of what is called a connection of Berwald type in the standard theory of connections. Various new in…
Extends Choi-Wang inequality to Li-Xia affine connections.
problem Eigenvalue bounds for minimal hypersurfaces.
method Positive Ricci curvature and Li-Xia affine connection.
result Established new lower bounds for eigenvalues.
The paper calculates curvature limits and Gauss-Bonnet theorems in the Heisenberg group.
problem Computing curvature limits and Gauss-Bonnet theorems in the Heisenberg group.
method Sub-Riemannian limits of Gaussian curvature, Schouten-Van Kampen affine connections, and adapted connections.
result Gauss-Bonnet theorems associated with Schouten-Van Kampen affine connections in the Heisenberg group.
Geodesic connectedness proved for statistical manifolds with divisible cubic forms.
problem Geodesic connectedness of affine connections on statistical manifolds with divisible cubic forms.
method Analogy with Hopf-Rinow theorem in Riemannian geometry, establishing geodesic completeness.
result Geodesic connectedness established for statistical manifolds with divisible cubic forms.
We give a new characterization of flat affine manifolds in terms of an action of the Lie algebra of classical infinitesimal affine transformations on the bundle of linear frames. We characterize flat affine symplectic Lie groups using symplectic étale affine representations and as a consequence of this, we show that a …
In this paper, we introduce a new structure, namely, affine Szabó connection. We prove that, on -dimensional affine manifolds, the affine Szabó structure is equivalent to one of the cyclic parallelism of the Ricci tensor. A characterization for locally homogeneous affine Szabó surface is obtained. Examples of two- a…
In this paper, we study the Einstein multiply warped products with a semi-symmetric non-metric connection and the multiply warped products with a semi-symmetric non-metric connection with constant scalar curvature, we apply our results to generalized Robertson-Walker spacetimes with a semi-symmetric non-metric connecti…
Classifies meromorphic affine connections on complex surfaces.
problem Investigating uniformization in higher dimensions with singularities.
method Extending work on holomorphic connections, classifying meromorphic connections on compact surfaces.
result Classification of meromorphic affine connections on compact complex surfaces.
In this paper we exhibit a family of flat left invariant affine structures on the double Lie group of the oscillator Lie group of dimension 4, associated to each solution of classical Yang-Baxter equation given by Boucetta and Medina. On the other hand, using Koszul's method, we prove the existence of an immersion of L…
We develop an alternative view on the concept of connections over a vector bundle map, which consists of a horizontal lift procedure to a prolonged bundle. We further focus on prolongations to an affine bundle and introduce the concept of affineness of a generalised connection.
The connection between Jacobi fields and odular structures of affine manifold is established. It is shown that the Jacobi fields generate the natural geoodular structure of affinely connected manifolds.
A special linear Lie group over the real number field and the quarternion field admits a projectivley flat affine connection. We show that parabolic subgroups are autoparallel submanifolds and give a criterion the induced connection is projectively equivalent to a flat affine connection.
We give a characterization of flat affine connections on manifolds by means of a natural affine representation of the universal covering of the Lie group of diffeomorphisms preserving the connection. From the infinitesimal point of view, this representation is determined by the 1-connection form and the fundamental for…
The paper studies complex affine structures near irregular singularities.
problem Understanding complex affine structures near irregular singularities.
method Introducing local invariants and a Delaunay decomposition.
result Upper bounds on the complexity of the Delaunay decomposition.
We develop the method of anholonomic frames with associated nonlinear connection (in brief, N--connection) structure and show explicitly how geometries with local anisotropy (various type of Finsler--Lagrange--Cartan--Hamilton geometry) can be modeled in the metric--affine spaces. There are formulated the criteria when…
Odd connections on supermanifolds are defined and their properties studied.
problem Defining and understanding odd quasi-connections on supermanifolds.
method Examined odd quasi-connections, defined torsion and curvature, and identified special classes.
result Odd connections on supermanifolds are shown to have torsion and curvature tensors.
Classifies connections on Galilei manifolds, generalizing known results.
problem Classifying general affine connections on Galilei manifolds.
method Classification through tensor fields, extending known Galilei connections.
result Additional freedom in connections not metric-compatible, linked to clock form and space metric.
The paper derives Gauss-Bonnet theorems for deformed connections in affine and rigid motions groups.
problem Computing curvature and geodesic curvature for surfaces and curves in affine and rigid motions groups.
method Defined deformed Schouten-Van Kampen connections, computed Gaussian curvature limits, and signed geodesic curvature.
result Derived Gauss-Bonnet theorems for deformed connections in affine and rigid motions groups.
We establish a bijective correspondence between affine connections and a class of semi-holonomic jets of local diffeomorphisms of the underlying manifold called symmetry jets in the text. The symmetry jet corresponding to a torsion free connection consists in the family of -jets of the geodesic symmetries. Conversel…
Geometric models for algebraic suspensions using affine deformation spaces.
problem Analyzing which motivic homotopy types have smooth scheme representatives.
method Affine deformation spaces of embeddings provide models for -suspensions of schemes.
result Yields many examples of -connected and strictly quasi-affine schemes.
The paper extends affine connection results to singular warped and twisted products.
problem Generalizing affine connections to singular warped and twisted products.
method Study of singular multiply warped products and singular twisted products with semi-symmetric metric and non-metric connections, discussing Koszul forms and curvature.
result Theoretical results on curvature and Koszul forms for singular multiply warped and twisted products.
Paper generalizes connections between Lie groups and affine connections.
problem Exploring properties of infinitesimal groups and affine connections.
method Introducing second-order infinitesimal groups and using them to define Lie brackets and connections.
result Generalized correspondence between symmetric and non-symmetric affine connections.
Study of convex hypersurfaces with specific curvature properties.
problem Characterizing convex hypersurfaces with vanishing Weyl curvature and semi-parallel cubic form.
method Analyzing locally strongly convex affine hypersurfaces with vanishing Weyl curvature tensor and semi-parallel cubic form relative to the Levi-Civita connection of affine metric.
result Classification of such hypersurfaces, excluding flat affine metric cases.
Study of manifolds with flat connections and diagonal metrics leading to vanishing Euler characteristic.
problem Understanding the geometry and topology of affine-orthogonal manifolds.
method Deformation of flat connections into Levi-Civita connections and analysis of Euler characteristic.
result Deformations force the Euler characteristic to vanish, supporting Chern's conjecture.
To any connected and simply connected nilpotent Lie group N, one can associate its group of affine transformations Aff(N). In this paper, we study simply transitive actions of a given nilpotent Lie group G on another nilpotent Lie group N, via such affine transformations. We succeed in translating the existence questio…
The paper explores the connection between 3d gravity and Chern-Simons theory using affine group connections.
problem Exploring the relationship between 3d gravity and Chern-Simons theory.
method A variational problem of Chern-Simons type on a principal fiber bundle with general affine group structure is studied. The connection is established through a generalized notion of extension and reduction of connections.
result Established a correspondence between 3d gravity and Chern-Simons theory using affine group connections.
New findings show Berwald Finsler spacetimes cannot be metrized.
problem Can Szabo's metrizability theorem be extended to Finsler spacetimes?
method Investigation of Berwald Finsler spacetimes and their properties.
result Found a class of Berwald spacetimes with asymmetric Ricci tensors.
In this paper we prove that all manifolds with affine connection are globally projectively equivalent to some space with equiaffine connection (equiaffine manifold). These manifolds are characterised by a symmetric Ricci tensor.
We prove that any compact complex manifold with finite fundamental group and algebraic dimension zero admits no holomorphic affine connection.
In this paper, we investigate the existence of a subclass of quotients of affine connection control systems, which preserve the mechanical structures. Both local and global sufficient and necessary conditions are given for the geodesically accessible affine connection control systems such that they can admit this subcl…
Holonomy of affine surfacesmath.AG
Identifies holonomy of affine surfaces via meromorphic connections.
problem Holonomy of complex affine surfaces.
method Moduli space of complex affine surfaces and meromorphic connections.
result Holonomy map is a submersion for non-finite-area translation surfaces.
Classifies Ricci solitons on specific Lorentzian Lie groups.
problem Classifying Ricci solitons on three-dimensional Lorentzian Lie groups.
method Examined canonical and perturbed canonical connections, as well as Kobayashi-Nomizu connections and perturbed Kobayashi-Nomizu connections.
result Classified affine Ricci solitons on three-dimensional Lorentzian Lie groups with product structure.
Higher Affine Connectionsmath.DG
For a smooth manifold , it was shown in \cite{BPH} that every affine connection on the tangent bundle naturally gives rise to covariant differentiation of multivector fields (MVFs) and differential forms along MVFs. In this paper, we generalize the covariant derivative of \cite{BPH} and construct covariant deri…
In these notes we survey basic concepts of affine geometry and their interaction with Riemannian geometry. We give a characterization of affine manifolds which has as counterpart those pseudo-Riemannian manifolds whose Levi-Civita connection is flat. We show that no connected semisimple Lie group admits a left invarian…
We give a combinatorial/geometric argument of the classical result that an affine connection, which is both torsion free and curvature free, is locally an affine space.
The invariant metric affine connections on Berger spheres which are Einstein with skew torsion are determined in both Riemannian and Lorentzian signature. Expressions of such connections are explicitly given. In particular, every Berger sphere with Lorentzian signature admits invariant metric affine connections Einstei…
We classify the affine connections on compact orientable surfaces for which the pseudogroup of local isometries acts transitively. We prove that such a connection is either torsion-free and flat, the Levi-Civita connection of a Riemannian metric of constant curvature or the quotient of a translation-invariant connectio…
Associated Derived Invariants for Geometric Mappings of Non-Symmetric Affine Connection Spacesmath.DG
New invariants found for mappings between non-symmetric affine spaces.
problem Finding new invariants for mappings between non-symmetric affine spaces.
method Obtained invariants using factored deformation tensor and novel Weyl type invariants.
result Novel Weyl type invariants for mappings between non-symmetric affine spaces.
Transforms classical connections using pushforwards and gauge transformations.
problem Transforming classical connections in categorical settings.
method Constructing pushforwards and applying gauge transformations to decorated path spaces.
result Combines traditional gauge transformation with affine translation.