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A characterization of Riemannian flows
Author(s):
Philippe
Tondeur
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
125
(1997),
3403-3405.
MSC (1991):
Primary 53C12, 57R30
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Abstract:
We prove that a flow on a closed manifold is Riemannian if and only if it is locally generated by Killing vector fields for a Riemannian metric.
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Philippe
Tondeur
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 273 Altgeld Hall, MC-382, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-97-04036-7
PII:
S 0002-9939(97)04036-7
Received by editor(s):
June 19, 1996
Communicated by:
Christopher Croke
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1997,
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