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Improper affine maps

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We study a class of improper affine spheres with singularities called improper affine maps. New examples of genus 0 and 1 are described and the classification of complete improper affine maps with at most two embedded ends will be given.

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  1. Departamento de Geometría y Topología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain

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Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 53A15, 53A35

Research partially supported by MCYT-FEDER Grant No. BFM2001-3318 and Junta de Andalucía CEC: FQM0804.

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Martínez, A. Improper affine maps. Math. Z. 249, 755–766 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00209-004-0728-y

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