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Flat affine surfaces in \(\mathbb{R}^4\) with flat normal connection (English)
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13 September 2000
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Due to Burstin, Meyer, Nomizu and Vrancken there exists an affine invariant metric on every nondegenerate surface \(M\) in \(\mathbb{R}^4\). Choosing a special transversal plane bundle an equiaffine structure is defined on \(M\). Discussing surfaces with flat induced connection and trivial normal connection a remarkable difference to the codimension one case turns out: There are such surfaces which do not have constant equiaffine normal bundle. The main theorem gives a complete classification of these surfaces.
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Codazzi equation
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equiaffine normal plane
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equiaffine structure
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trivial normal connection
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equiaffine normal bundle
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