Compact einstein-weyl manifolds with large symmetry group

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 407-434

  Madsen, Anders Bisbjerg ^a   Pedersen, Henrik ^a   Poon, Yat Sun ^b   Swann, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001148668     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-97-08817-7     Document Type: Article

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