Contact manifolds in Riemannian geometry

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Publication:1222883


DOI10.1007/BFb0079307zbMath0319.53026MaRDI QIDQ1222883

David E. Blair

Publication date: 1976

Published in: Lecture Notes in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)


53C25: Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.)

53C15: General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.)

53-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry


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