Conformal flatness and self-duality of Thurston-geometries
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Abstract:
We show which Thurston-geometries in dimensions 3 and 4 admit invariant conformally flat or half-conformally flat metrics.References
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Additional Information
- Stephan Maier
- Affiliation: Institut für Mathematik, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
- Email: stmaier@math.unizh.ch
- Received by editor(s): July 23, 1996
- Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
- © Copyright 1998 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 126 (1998), 1165-1172
- MSC (1991): Primary 53A35
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-98-04686-3
- MathSciNet review: 1476377