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On Symmetric Killing Tensors and Codazzi Tensors of Ranks p ≥ 2

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This paper is devoted to the geometry of symmetric Killing tensors and Codazzi tensors of ranks p ≥ 2 and includes, in addition to the new results obtained in this paper, a survey on this topic from earlier works.

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Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya. Tematicheskie Obzory, Vol. 179, Proceedings of the International Conference “Classical and Modern Geometry” Dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Professor Vyacheslav Timofeevich Bazylev. Moscow, April 22-25, 2019. Part 1, 2020.

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Stepanov, S.E., Aleksandrova, I.A. & Tsyganok, I.I. On Symmetric Killing Tensors and Codazzi Tensors of Ranks p ≥ 2. J Math Sci 276, 443–469 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-023-06763-w

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