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A classification of homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian structures and a characterization of each primitive class are obtained. Several examples are also given.
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Gadea, P.M., Oubiña, J.A. Reductive homogeneous pseudo-Riemannian manifolds. Monatshefte für Mathematik 124, 17–34 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01320735
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