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A statistical manifold $\left(M,D,g\right)$ is a manifold $M$ endowed with a torsion-free connection $D$ and a Riemannian metric $g$ such that the tensor $D g$ is totally symmetric. If $D$ is flat then $\left(M,g,D\right)$ is a Hessian…
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