Notes on projective structures with torsion
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Abstract: We show that projective structures with torsion are related to connections in a parallel way to the torsion-free ones. This is done in terms of Cartan connections by following Kobayashi and Nagano. For this purpose, we make use of a bundle of formal frames, which is a generalization of a bundle of frames. We will also describe projective structures in terms of Thomas--Whitehead connections by following Roberts. In particular, we formulate normal projective connections and show the fundamental theorem for Thomas--Whitehead connections regardless the triviality of the torsion. We will study some examples of projective structures of which the torsion is non-trivial while the curvature is trivial. In this article, projective structures are considered to be the same if they have the same geodesics and the same torsions.
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