Einstein manifolds and contact geometry

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2419-2430

  Boyer, Charles P ^a   Galicki, Krzysztof ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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EID: 23044525597     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9939-01-05943-3     Document Type: Article

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