Geodesic spheres and two-point homogeneous spaces

Israel Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 93, Issue , 1996, Pages 373-385

  Berndt, Jürgen ^a   Prüfer, Friedbert ^b   Vanhecke, Lieven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0039416143     PISSN: 00212172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02761113     Document Type: Article

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