The Burns-Epstein invariant and deformation of CR structures

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-90-06008-9zbMath0704.53028MaRDI QIDQ917053

Jih-Hsin Cheng, John M. Lee

Publication date: 1990

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

contact structuregradient flowCR-structuresBurns-Epstein invariantCartan tensorholomorphic tangent bundles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on manifolds (almost complex, almost product structures, etc.) (53C15) Deformations of special (e.g., CR) structures (32G07)

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