On rigidity of affine surfaces

Opozda, Barbara

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-96-03715-X

On rigidity of affine surfaces
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Abstract:

Rigidity of nondegenerate Blaschke surfaces in $\mathbf {R}^{3}$ is studied. The rigidity criteria are given in terms of $\nabla R$, where $R$ is the curvature of the Blaschke connection $\nabla$. If the rank of $\nabla R$ is 2, then the surface is rigid. If $\nabla R=0$, it is nonrigid. In the case where the rank of $\nabla R$ is 1 there are both rigid and nonrigid surfaces. This case is discussed for various types of surfaces.

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