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Scalar Curvature and Twistor Geometry

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Let (M, g) be a 2n-dimensional oriented Riemannian manifold, let P(M) = P(M, SO(2n)) be the principal SO(2n)-bundle of oriented orthonormal frames over M and let Z(M) = P(M)/U(n) be the Twistor Space of M.

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© 1991 Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig

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de Bartolomeis, P., Migliorini, L. (1991). Scalar Curvature and Twistor Geometry. In: Diederich, K. (eds) Complex Analysis. Aspects of Mathematics, vol 1. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-86856-5_6

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