This article is a survey of recent work [15, 6, 7, 13] developing a new approach to quantization based on the equivariance with respect to some Lie group of symmetries. Examples are provided by conformal and projective differential geometry: given a smooth manifold M endowed with a flat conformal/projective structure, we establish a canonical isomorphism between the space of symmetric contravar...

In this paper we consider pseudo projectively flat Riemannian manifold whose Ricci tensor S satisfies the condition S(X,Y ) = rT (X)T (Y ), where r is the scalar curvature, T is a non-zero 1-form defined by g(X, ξ) = T (X), ξ is a unit vector field and prove that the manifold is of pseudo quasi constant curvature, integral curves of the vector field ξ are geodesic and ξ is a proper concircular ...

This paper studies hypersurfaces admitting a locally symmetric connection which is induced by the Gauß conormal map in affine geometry. It is known that the rank of the shape operator is of importance to this topic. In dimension two we give new results for an arbitrary shape operator. In the case of a nondegenerate shape operator hypersurfaces with locally symmetric conormal connection can be t...

A geometric quantization of a Kähler manifold, viewed as a symplectic manifold, depends on the complex structure compatible with the symplectic form. The quantizations form a vector bundle over the space of such complex structures. Having a canonical quantization would amount to finding a natural (projectively) flat connection on this vector bundle. We prove that for a broad class of manifolds,...

Let f : X → Spec(Z) be an arithmetic variety of dimension d ≥ 2 and (H, k) an arithmetically ample Hermitian line bundle on X, that is, a Hermitian line bundle with the following properties: (1) H is f -ample. (2) The Chern form c1(H∞, k) gives a Kähler form on X∞. (3) For every irreducible horizontal subvariety Y (i.e. Y is flat over Spec(Z)), the height ĉ1( (H, k)|Y ) dim Y of Y is positive. ...

In this paper we study pointwise projectively related Einstein metrics (having the same geodesics as point sets). We show that pointwise projectively related Einstein metrics satisfy a simple equation along geodesics. In particular, we show that if two pointwise projectively related Einstein metrics are complete with negative Einstein constants , then one is a multiple of another.

After recalling the structure equations of Finsler structures on surfaces, I define a notion of ‘generalized Finsler structure’ as a way of micro-localizing the problem of describing Finsler structures subject to curvature conditions. I then recall the basic notions of path geometry on a surface and define a notion of ‘generalized path geometry’ analogous to that of ‘generalized Finsler structu...