A Riemannian geometric invariant and its applications to a problem of Borel and Serre

Chen, Bang-Yen; Nagano, Tadashi

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0946443-8

A Riemannian geometric invariant and its applications to a problem of Borel and Serre
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by Bang-Yen Chen and Tadashi Nagano

Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 308 (1988), 273-297

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1988-0946443-8

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Abstract:

A new geometric invariant will be introduced, studied and determined on compact symmetric spaces.

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