Isotropy of semisimple group actions on manifolds with geometric structure

American Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-158

  Szaro, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0039065096     PISSN: 00029327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/ajm.1998.0006     Document Type: Article

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