Quaternionic Kahler manifolds of cohomogeneity one

International Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 541-570

  Dancer, Andrew ^a,c   Swann, Andrew ^b,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0033243644     PISSN: 0129167X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129167X99000215     Document Type: Article

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