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On normal and conormal maps for affine hypersurfaces (English)
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1 April 1993
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We prove two main results in affine differential geometry that characterize ellipsoids among the ovaloids. The first theorem states that an ovaloid in the 3-dimensional affine space is an ellipsoid if and only if the Laplacian of the normal map is proportional to the normal map. The second theorem says that a hyperovaloid in an affine space of any dimension is a hyperellipsoid if and only if the conormal image (or the normal image) is a hyperellipsoid with center at the origin.
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hyperovaloid
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hyperellipsoid
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ellipsoids
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ovaloids
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Laplacian
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normal map
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conormal image
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