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Cohomogeneity one manifolds with positive Euler characteristic

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We classify those manifolds of positive Euler characteristic on which a Lie group G acts with cohomogeneity one, where G is classical simple.

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Frank, P. Cohomogeneity one manifolds with positive Euler characteristic. Transformation Groups 18, 639–684 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-013-9227-8

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