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The Gromov’s centralizer theorem for semisimple Lie group actions

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We give a new version of the Gromov’s centralizer theorem in the case of semisimple Lie group actions and arbitrary rigid geometric structures of algebraic type.

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Rosales-Ortega, J. The Gromov’s centralizer theorem for semisimple Lie group actions. Bol. Soc. Mat. Mex. 23, 825–845 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40590-015-0084-4

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