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On some properties of the curvature and Ricci tensors in complex affine geometry

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We present a new approach — which is more general than the previous ones — to the affine differential geometry of complex hypersurfaces inC n+1. Using this general approach we study some curvature conditions for induced connections.

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The research supported by Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung and KBN grant no. 2 P30103004.

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Opozda, B. On some properties of the curvature and Ricci tensors in complex affine geometry. Geom Dedicata 55, 141–163 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01264926

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