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Parallelism in K-contact geometry

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On a 2n+1-dimensional K-contact manifold, there are no nontrivial parallel forms except of degrees 0 and 2n+1.

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    Philippe Rukimbira

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Rukimbira, P. Parallelism in K-contact geometry. J. Geom. 103, 119–123 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00022-012-0119-1

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