Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4606107 | Differential Geometry and its Applications | 2014 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
We prove that, in dimensions greater than 2, the generic metric is not a Hessian metric and find a curvature condition on Hessian metrics in dimensions greater than 3. In particular we prove that the forms used to define the Pontryagin classes in terms of the curvature vanish on a Hessian manifold. By contrast all analytic Riemannian 2-metrics are Hessian metrics.
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Authors
S. Amari, J. Armstrong,