Affine connections on complex compact surfaces and Riccati distributions

Abstract

Let $M$ be a complex surface. We show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between torsion-free affine connections on $M$ and Riccati distributions on $\mathbb{P}(TM)$. Furthermore, if $M$ is compact, then this correspondence induces a one-to-one correspondence between affine structures on $M$ and Riccati foliations on $\mathbb{P}(TM)$.