arXiv research

Dual affine connections on Riemannian manifolds have played a central role in the field of information geometry since their introduction by Amari. Here I would like to extend the notion of dual connections to general vector bundles with an inner product, in the same way as a unitary connection generalizes a metric affi…

New connections share geodesics with superintegrable systems.

Affine manifolds linked to integrable equations and geometric structures.

On the manifold of positive definite matrices, we investigate the existence of pairs of flat affine connections, dual with respect to a given monotone metric. The connections are defined either using the $α$-embeddings and finding the duals with respect to the metric, or by means of contrast functionals. We show that i…

The paper computes KV cochain differentials and their geometric implications.

We describe the local structure of self-dual gradient Ricci solitons in neutral signature. If the Ricci soliton is non-isotropic then it is locally conformally flat and locally isometric to a warped product of the form $I\times_\varphi N(c)$, where $N(c)$ is a space of constant curvature. If the Ricci soliton is isotro…

On the probability simplex, we can consider the standard information geometric structure with the e- and m-affine connections mutually dual with respect to the Fisher metric. The geometry naturally defines submanifolds simultaneously autoparallel for the both affine connections, which we call {\em doubly autoparallel s…

This paper aims to develop basic theory for the dual Orlicz $L_φ$ affine and geominimal surface areas for star bodies, which belong to the recent dual Orlicz-Brunn-Minkowski theory for star bodies. Basic properties for these new affine invariants will be provided. Moreover, related Orlicz affine isoperimetric inequalit…

The paper explores conditions for manifolds to have specific geometric structures.

We show that, in finite dimensions, the only monotone metrics for which the (+1) and (-1) affine connections are mutually dual are constant multiples of Bogoliubov-Kubo-Mori metric

Dual Bayesian Affine Estimators for Wiener-type state-space models

A new method for faster optimization on statistical manifolds.

The paper classifies curves in dual affine and Lorentz-Minkowski planes with constant curvature.

New connections found for quaternionic and para-quaternionic structures.

We prove an analogue of the classical Steiner formula for the $L_p$ affine surface area of a Minkowski outer parallel body for any real parameters $p$. We show that the classical Steiner formula and the Steiner formula of Lutwak's dual Brunn Minkowski theory are special cases of this new Steiner formula. This new Stein…

Affine hamiltonians are defined in the paper and their study is based especially on the fact that in the hyperregular case they are dual objects of lagrangians defined on affine bundles, by mean of natural Legendre maps. The variational problems for affine hamiltonians and lagrangians of order $k\geq 2$ are studied, re…

Solves non-Archimedean Calabi-Yau equation on complex log pairs.

We prove the $K(π,1)$ conjecture for affine Artin groups: the complexified complement of an affine reflection arrangement is a classifying space. This is a long-standing problem, due to Arnol'd, Pham, and Thom. Our proof is based on recent advancements in the theory of dual Coxeter and Artin groups, as well as on sever…

Study of generalized Csiszár divergences and their application to Cramér-Rao bounds.

S-dual of Hamiltonian spaces connects to Langlands duality.

Statistical manifolds with constant curvature are projectively flat and symmetric.

Paper finds local normal forms for wavefronts in flat coordinates.

Let $(M,ω)$ be a symplectic manifold endowed with a agrangian foliation ${\cal L}$, it has been shown by Weinstein [16] hat the symplectic structure of $M$ defines on each leaf of ${\cal L}$, connection which curvature and torsion forms vanish identically. uppose that $L_0$ is a compact leaf which Weinstein connection …

In this paper we consider Monge-Ampère equations on compact Hessian manifolds, or equivalently Monge-Ampère equations on certain unbounded convex domains $Ω\subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$, with a periodicity constraint given by the action of an affine group. In the case where the affine group action is volume-preserving, i.e.,…

Symmetric Positive Definite (SPD) matrices have been used in many fields of medical data analysis. Many Riemannian metrics have been defined on this manifold but the choice of the Riemannian structure lacks a set of principles that could lead one to choose properly the metric. This drives us to introduce the principle …

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…

We study affine Jacobi structures on an affine bundle $π:A\to M$, i.e. Jacobi brackets that close on affine functions. We prove that there is a one-to-one correspondence between affine Jacobi structures on $A$ and Lie algebroid structures on the vector bundle $A^+=\bigcup_{p\in M}Aff(A_p,\R)$ of affine functionals. Som…

Study special affine connections on symmetric spaces and their products.

The paper develops methods to generate invariant quantities in Metric-Affine Geometry.

This is an extended example of the study of mirror symmetry via log schemes and the discrete Legendre transform on affine manifolds, introduced by myself and Bernd Siebert in "Mirror Symmetry via Logarithmic Degeneration Data I" (math.AG/0309070). In this paper, I consider the construction as it applies to the Batyrev-…

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.

The paper extends Weyl's theorem to equiaffine hypersurfaces.

Characterizes flat affine connections on manifolds.

Defines conformal submersion with horizontal distribution and provides necessary conditions for its existence.

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.

The worldvolume theory of coincident M5-branes is expected to contain a nonabelian 2-form/nonabelian gerbe gauge theory that is a higher analog of self-dual Yang-Mills theory. But the precise details -- in particular the global moduli / instanton / magnetic charge structure -- have remained elusive. Here we deduce from…

Study spherical convex bodies using $L_p$-floating areas and curvature entropy.

Study on completeness in affine and statistical geometry.

Affine connections linked to Riccati distributions 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…

Develops torsion dual connections for statistical manifolds.

The paper proves new inequalities for convex hypersurfaces using centro-affine geometry.

Proof of $K(π, 1)$ conjecture for affine Artin groups.

Extends Choi-Wang inequality to Li-Xia affine connections.

The paper calculates curvature limits and Gauss-Bonnet theorems in the Heisenberg group.

Geodesic connectedness proved for statistical manifolds with divisible cubic forms.