The geometry of 𝐺-structures

Chern, S. S.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1966-11473-8

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The geometry of $G$-structures

Author: S. S. Chern
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 72 (1966), 167-219
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