On some information geometric structures concerning Mercator projections

preprint2019arXivOpen access

Abstract

Some information geometric structures concerning the Mercator projections are studied. It is known that a loxodrome on the surface of the globe is related to the straight line on a Mercator map by the Mercator projection. It is not well known that an affine connection with torsion plays a fundamental role to describe an auto-parallel path on the surface. Based on these information geometric structures, Gauss distribution is reconsidered from the view point of the affine connection with a torsion. Some relations with deformed functions are also pointed out.

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