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Locally conformally Hessian and statistical manifolds

Differential Geometry 2023-09-07 v3

Abstract

A statistical manifold (M,D,g)\left(M,D,g\right) is a manifold MM endowed with a torsion-free connection DD and a Riemannian metric gg such that the tensor DgD g is totally symmetric. If DD is flat then (M,g,D)\left(M,g,D\right) is a Hessian manifold. A locally conformally Hessian (l.c.H) manifold is a quotient of a Hessian manifold (C,,g)(C,\nabla,g) such that the monodromy group acts on CC by Hessian homotheties, i.e. this action preserves \nabla and multiplies gg by a group character. The l.c.H. rank is the rank of the image of this character considered as a function from the monodromy group to real numbers. A l.c.H. manifold is called radiant if the Lee vector field ξ\xi is Killing and satisfies ξ=λ\Id\nabla \xi =\lambda \Id. We prove that the set of radiant l.c.H. metrics of l.c.H. rank 1 is dense in the set of all radiant l.c.H. metrics. We prove a structure theorem for compact radiant l.c.H. manifold of l.c.H. rank 1. Every such manifold CC is fibered over a circle, the fibers are statistical manifolds of constant curvature, the fibration is locally trivial, and CC is reconstructed from the statistical structure on the fibers and the monodromy automorphism induced by this fibration.

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@article{arxiv.2209.02357,
  title  = {Locally conformally Hessian and statistical manifolds},
  author = {Pavel Osipov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.02357},
  year   = {2023}
}