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2-Riemannian manifolds

Differential Geometry 2012-01-11 v1

Abstract

A {\em 2-Riemannian manifold} is a differentiable manifold exhibiting a 2-inner product on each tangent space. We first study lower dimensional 2-Riemannian manifolds by giving necessary and sufficient conditions for flatness. Afterward we associate to each 2-Riemannian manifold a unique torsion free compatible pseudoconnection. Using it we define a curvature for 2-Riemannian manifolds and study its properties. We also prove that 2-Riemannian pseudoconnections do not have Koszul derivatives. Moreover, we define stationary vector field with respect to a 2-Riemannian metric and prove that the stationary vector fields in R2\mathbb{R}^2 with respect to the 2-Riemannian metric induced by the Euclidean product are the divergence free ones.

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@article{arxiv.1201.2089,
  title  = {2-Riemannian manifolds},
  author = {C. A. Morales and M. Vilches},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.2089},
  year   = {2012}
}

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