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Totally geodesic submanifolds of maximal rank in symmetric spaces

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We gave a complete list of totally geodesic submanifolds of maximal rank in symmetric spaces of noncompact type. The compact cases can be obtained by the duality

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  1. School of Mathematical Sciences and LMAM, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, China

    Fuhai Zhu

  2. College of Mathematical Sciences and LPMC, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China

    Ke Liang

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Zhu, F., Liang, K. Totally geodesic submanifolds of maximal rank in symmetric spaces. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 47, 264–271 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1360/03ys0069

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