Quarter pinched homogeneous spaces of negative curvature

International Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 441-500

  Eberlein, Patrick ^a   Heber, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0030487357     PISSN: 0129167X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129167X96000268     Document Type: Article

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