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http://dx.doi.org/10.5666/KMJ.2012.52.1.1

Four-dimensional Naturally Reductive Pseudo-Riemannian Homogeneous Spaces  

De Leo, Barbara (Dipartimento di Matematica "E. De Giorgi", Universita del Salento)
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Kyungpook Mathematical Journal / v.52, no.1, 2012 , pp. 1-11 More about this Journal
Abstract
Our attention is turned to four-dimensional pseudo-Riemannian naturally reductive homogeneous spaces. In particular, our study leads to a complete classification of them.
Keywords
Pseudo-Riemannian metrics; homogeneous manifolds; naturally reductive spaces;
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