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Quasi-homogeneous domains and convex affine manifolds

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In this article, we study convex affine domains which can cover a compact affine manifold. For this purpose, we first show that every strictly convex quasi-homogeneous projective domain has at least C1C^1 boundary and it is an ellipsoid if its boundary is twice differentiable. And then we show that an n-dimensional paraboloid is the only strictly convex quasi-homogeneous affine domain in Rn\mathbb R^n up to affine equivalence. Furthermore we prove that if a strictly convex quasi-homogeneous projective domain is CαC^{\alpha} on an open subset of its boundary, then it is CαC^{\alpha} everywhere. Using this fact and the properties of asymptotic cones we find all possible shapes for developing images of compact convex affine manifolds with dimension 4\leq 4.

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@article{arxiv.math/0305027,
  title  = {Quasi-homogeneous domains and convex affine manifolds},
  author = {Kyeonghee Jo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0305027},
  year   = {2007}
}

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21 pages, 3 figures