On the affine homogeneity of tubular type surfaces in \(\mathbb C^{3}\) (Q461042)

The authors propose an approach to describe affine homogeneous strictly pseudoconvex hypersurfaces of tubular type in \(\mathbb C^3\). A strictly pseudoconvex hypersurface in \(\mathbb C^3\) is called of tubular type if its defining equation (after an affine coordinate change) is \(\Im w= (\Re z_1)^2 + (\Re z_2)^2+\dots\), where the dots represent terms of weight \(\geq 3\). The method is based on a classification of the polynomials of weight 3 in the equation under the action of affine coordinate changes that preserve the tubular ansatz. The three types of polynomials result in one, two and six affine homogeneous hypersurfaces of tubular type.