Riemannian 4-symmetric spaces

This thesis studies the theory of Riemannian 4-symmetric spaces. It follows the methods first introduced by E. Cartan to study ordinary symmetric spaces, and extended by J. Wolf and A. Gray and by Kac. The theory of generalized n-symmetric spaces was initiated by A. Ledger in 1967, and 2- and 3-symm...

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Main Author: Jimenez, J. Alfredo
Published: Durham University 1982
Subjects:
510
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.346235