On $\mathrm {K}$-contact manifolds with minimal number of closed characteristics
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Abstract:
We prove that closed simply connected K-contact manifolds with minimal number of closed characteristics are homeomorphic to odd-dimensional spheres.References
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Additional Information
- Philippe Rukimbira
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199
- Email: rukim@fiu.edu
- Received by editor(s): May 9, 1997
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: January 12, 1998
- Published electronically: May 3, 1999
- Communicated by: Christopher Croke
- © Copyright 1999 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 127 (1999), 3345-3351
- MSC (1991): Primary 58F05, 58F22; Secondary 53C15, 53C57
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-99-05217-X
- MathSciNet review: 1646205