Stable projective planes with Riemannian metrics

被引:4
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作者
Gerlich, G [1 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Carolo Wilhelmina Braunschweig, Inst Geometrie, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
关键词
Riemannian Manifold; Projective Plane; Riemannian Metrics; Complete Riemannian Manifold; Stable Plane;
D O I
10.1007/s00013-002-8318-x
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
We consider the question whether the system of lines of a two-dimensional stable plane can be described as the system of geodesics of a Riemannian metric and vice versa; we present two results: A complete two-dimensional Riemannian manifold with the property that every two points are joined by a unique geodesic and its family of geodesics form a stable plane. On the other hand every stable projective plane whose lines are geodesics of a Riemannian metric is isometric to the real projective plane. Combining both results it follows that it is impossible to realize the lines of a non-desarguesian projective plane using the geodesics of a complete Riemannian manifold.
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页码:317 / 320
页数:4
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