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Author(s): Vestislav Apostolov; John Armstrong
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 352 (2000), 4501-4513.
MSC (2000): Primary 53B20, 53C25
Posted: June 13, 2000
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Abstract: It is proved that any compact almost Kähler, Einstein 4-manifold whose fundamental form is a root of the Weyl tensor is necessarily Kähler.

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Vestislav Apostolov
Affiliation: IHÉS - EPDI, Le Bois-Marie, 35, route de Chartres, F-91440 Bures-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Email: apostolo@ihes.fr

John Armstrong
Affiliation: 10 Alan Bullock Close, Oxford OX4 1AU, United Kingdom
Email: John.Armstrong@madge.com

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-00-02624-6
PII: S 0002-9947(00)02624-6
Received by editor(s): June 21, 1999
Posted: June 13, 2000
Additional Notes: The first author was supported in part by NSF grant INT-9903302
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society

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