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Motivations for the study of dual connections
I am intrigued by the notion of dual connections: two affine connections $\nabla$ and $\nabla^*$ are called dual if they satisfy $$X(g(Y,Z))=g(\nabla_XY,Z)+g(Y,\nabla^*_XZ)$$
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Applications of Iss'sa's theorem on homomorphisms between algebras of meromorphc functions
In Remmert's book Funktionentheorie II, the following theorem, apparently due to Hironaka under the pseudonym Iss'sa, is proved:
Let $U,V \subseteq \mathbb{C}$ be open subsets. Every $\mathbb{...