On Sasakian-Einstein geometry

International Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 873-909

  Boyer, Charles P ^a   Galicki, Krzysztof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Einstein; Foliations; Metrics; Orbifolds; Sasakian structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259963     PISSN: 0129167X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129167X00000477     Document Type: Article

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