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M\"obius-flat hypersurfaces in projective space

Differential Geometry 2012-11-16 v3

Abstract

I give a theory of Moebius-flat hypersurfaces in n-dimensional projective space, analogous to that in conformal geometry. This unifies the classes of hypersurfaces with flat induced conformal structure (n > 3) and a classically studied class of surfaces (n = 3). I extend an example of Akivis-Konnov, and use polynomial conserved quantities to characterise hypersurfaces with flat centro-affine metric among Moebius-flat hypersurfaces. The theory has an obvious counterpart in Lie sphere geometry.

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@article{arxiv.1203.2318,
  title  = {M\"obius-flat hypersurfaces in projective space},
  author = {Daniel J. Clarke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.2318},
  year   = {2012}
}

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18 pages

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