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In this paper we study an interesting operator, the Tchebychev operator, which has properties similar to the shape operator in Euclidean differential geometry and equiaftine differential geometry, respectively.
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Dedicated to Professor K. Nomizu on the occasion of his 70. birthday
Supported by the DFG-project “Affine Differential Geometry” at the TU Berlin and supported by GADGET for the Leuven Conference
Partially supported by the DFG-project “Affine Differential Geometry” at the TU Berlin and supported by GADGET for the Leuven Conference
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Liu, H., Wang, C. The Centroaffine Tchebychev Operator. Results. Math. 27, 77–92 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03322271
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