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In this paper, we prove that all manifolds with affine or projective connection are globally projectively equivalent to some manifolds with equiaffine connection (equiaffine manifold).
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Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 47–54, 2010.
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Hinterleitner, I., Mikeš, J. Projective equivalence and manifolds with equiaffine connection. J Math Sci 177, 546–550 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-011-0479-3
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