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We shall show that the first Betti number of some class of compact nearly cosymplectic manifolds is zero or even.
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Endo, H. On the first Betti number of certain compact nearly cosymplectic manifolds. J. Geom. 103, 231–236 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00022-012-0126-2
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