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We study the Filiform Lie Groups admitting a left invariant affine structure. For this class of Lie Groups we prove the Auslander Conjecture whenever the dimensionn of the group is odd and we show that it is false forn even andn>2.
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Medina, A., Khakimdjanov, Y. Groupes de lie nilpotents à structure affine invariante à gauche. Transformation Groups 6, 165–174 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01597135
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