Maximally homogeneous para-CR manifolds (Q2501142)

The authors define the notion of a (weak) almost para-CR structure on a manifold \(M\) as a pair \((HM,K)\) where \(HM\) is a rank],\(2n\) distribution on \(M\) and \(K\) is a field of endomorphisms of \(HM\) such that \(K^2 = id\) and \(K\neq\pm id\). If \(K\) satisfies some integrability conditions, then \((HM,K)\) is called a (weak) para-CR structure. It is shown that, under some regularity conditions, an almost para-CR structure can be identified with a Tanaka structure. Also, a classification of maximally homogeneous para-CR structures of semisimple type in terms of corresponding gradiations of real semisimple Lie algebras is given. Finally, there all such maximally homogeneous structures of depth two are listed and the integrability conditions are verified.