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An example of rank two symmetric Osserman space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Zoran Rakić
Affiliation:
Faculty of MathematicsUniversity of BelgradeStudentski Trg 16, P.P. 55011000 BelgradeYugoslavia e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Recently, Blažić, Bokan and Rakić, obtained some classes of 4-dimensional Osserman pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. One of these is the class of rank 2 locally symmetric space endowed with an integrable para-quaternionic structure. In this paper we give an explicit construction of an example of a space of that kind.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1997

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