Affine $3$-spheres with constant affine curvature
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- by Martin A. Magid and Patrick J. Ryan PDF
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Abstract:
We classify the affine hyperspheres in ${R^4}$ which have constant curvature in the affine metric $h$ and whose Pick invariant is nonzero. In particular, the metric $h$ must be flat.References
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- © Copyright 1992 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 330 (1992), 887-901
- MSC: Primary 53C40; Secondary 53A15
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1992-1062193-5
- MathSciNet review: 1062193