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Functions dividing their Hessian determinants and affine spheres

Differential Geometry 2016-07-13 v4

Abstract

The nonzero level sets of a homogeneous, logarithmically homogeneous, or translationally homogeneous function are affine spheres if and only if the Hessian determinant of the function is a multiple of a power or an exponential of the function. In particular, the nonzero level sets of a homogeneous polynomial are proper affine spheres if some power of it equals a nonzero multiple of its Hessian determinant. The relative invariants of real forms of regular irreducible prehomogeneous vector spaces yield many such polynomials which are moreover irreducible. For example, the nonzero level sets of the Cayley hyperdeterminant are affine spheres.

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@article{arxiv.1307.5394,
  title  = {Functions dividing their Hessian determinants and affine spheres},
  author = {Daniel J. F. Fox},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.5394},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

v4 is greatly shortened with respect to v3. Some of the omitted material will be posted in a different article

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