A criterion for compatibility of conformal and projective structures (Q2249767)

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A criterion for compatibility of conformal and projective structures
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    A criterion for compatibility of conformal and projective structures (English)
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    3 July 2014
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    The authors prove a nice and important theorem giving necessary and sufficient conditions for local compatibility of conformal and projective structures defined on a smooth manifold with a metric tensor and a linear connection. They prove also that if the first cohomology group of the manifold vanishes then these conditions give a global compatibility.
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    conformal structure
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    projective structure
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    Thomas symbol
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    compatible
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    Roger Liouville problem
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