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Geodesic spheres and Jacobi vector fields on Sasakian space forms

  • David E. Blair (a1) and Lieven Vanhecke (a2)
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Using explicit equations for Jacobi vector fields on a Sasakian space form, we characterise such spaces by means of the shape operator of small geodesic spheres.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics
  • ISSN: 0308-2105
  • EISSN: 1473-7124
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