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Let \(P_n\) be an \(n\)-dimensional projective space and let further \(G(m, n)\) (\(G(n-m-1, n)\)) denote the Grassmann manifolds belonging to the set of \(m\)-dimensional subspaces \(p\) (\((n-m-1)\)-dimensional subspaces \(p^\ast\)) of \(P_n\). An open domain \(U\) of \(G(m,n)\) is said to be normalized if for any \(p \in U\) there corresponds a subspace \(p^\ast \in G(n-m-1, m)\) with \(p\cap p^\ast = \emptyset\). \(p^\ast\) is called the normalizing subspace for the subspace \(p\) and \((p, p^\ast)\) is called an \(m\)-pair. A normalization is defined by a normalizing mapping \(\nu: U \subset G(m, n) \rightarrow G(n-m-1, n)\). The authors show that the normalizing mapping \(\nu\) of a normalized domain \(U^\nu\subset G(m,n)\) uniquely determines a torsion-free affine connection on it. Besides other results the following one is given: If \(Q \subset P_n\) is a non-degenerate hyperquadric, then the set \(U\) of all \(m\)-dimensional subspaces \(p\) which are not tangent to \(Q\) can be normalized by assigning to each \(p \in U\) its totally polar subspace \(p^\ast\) with respect to \(Q\). In this case a Riemannian or a pseudo-Riemannian metric is determined on \(U\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0867.00024].