Geometrical representations of equiaffine curvature operators (Q2519370)

The authors examine the way passing from the algebraic context to the geometric setting for some classes of equiaffine curvature operators. It is shown that any equiaffine algebraic operator arises from an equiaffine connection. Also, the decomposition problem of curvature operators [\textit{N. Bokan}, Rend. Circ. Mat. Palermo, II. Ser. 39, No.~3, 331--380 (1990; Zbl 0728.53016); \textit{I. E. Hirică} [Balkan J. Geom. Appl. 4, No.~1, 69--90 (1999; Zbl 0982.53013)] is studied. It is shown that the space of equiaffine algebraic curvature operators splits into two summands which are irreducible under the action of the general group in dimension \(m>3.\) This gives rise to two additional geometric representation questions which the authors answer affirmatively: 1. Is every equiaffine algebraic curvature operator which is projectively flat representable by a equiaffine connection which is projectively flat? 2. Is every Ricci flat algebraic curvature operator representable by a Ricci flat torsion free connection?