An example of almost flat affine connections on the three-dimensional sphere
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Abstract:
We show the existence of almost flat affine structures on the three-dimensional sphere, and prove that the Pontryagin numbers serve as the obstruction to the existence of such structures.References
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- © Copyright 1995 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 123 (1995), 3519-3521
- MSC: Primary 53C05; Secondary 57R20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1995-1283536-1
- MathSciNet review: 1283536