Invariant connections on G-spaces from invariant connections on G and their group of transformations (2011.02575v3)

Abstract: For certain affine galoisian coverings whose automorphims are affine transformations, we give a method to compute the group of affine transformations of the base manifold. We use the fact that, in this case, the base manifold inherits a linear connection so that the projection is an affine map. Then we extend this latter result to homogeneous manifolds. More specifically, we give necessary conditions so that a homogeneous $G$-space admits an invariant linear connection induced from a left invariant linear connection on $G$ (the reductive case is treated separately), and we show that if the connection is bi-invariant the natural projection is an affine map. Moreover we prove that, given an affine homogeneous space $G/H$, affine transformations of $G$ commuting with the $G$-action determine affine transformations of $G/H$. The reciprocal is true when $H$ is discrete. As an application, we exhibit the group of affine transformations of the orientable flat affine surfaces.