Modified H-type groups and symmetric-like Riemannian spaces *

Differential Geometry and its Application

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-143

  Lauret, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Commutative spaces; D'Atri spaces; H type groups; Naturally reductive spaces; Nilmanifolds; Nilpotent Lie groups; Riemannian g.o. spaces; Weakly symmetric spaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033096216     PISSN: 09262245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-2245(99)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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