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The axiom of spheres in quaternionic geometry

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Si mostra che una varietà quaternionica che verifica l'assioma delle sfere quaternioniche è una forma spaziale quaternionica.

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We show that a quaternion manifold satisfying the axiom of quaternionic spheres is a quaternion space-form.

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Dragomir, S. The axiom of spheres in quaternionic geometry. Ann. Univ. Ferrara 34, 15–20 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02824971

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