Deformation theory of five-dimensional CR structures and the Rumin complex

2001/04/04 by Takao Akahori, Peter M. Garfield, John M. Lee
Mathematics · #math.CV #math.AG #math.DG #msc:32G07 #msc:32S30 #msc:32V20

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published as Michigan Math. J. 50 (2002), no. 3, 517-549 · LaTeX2e, 35 pages

arxiv created 2001/04/04 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We construct a versal family of deformations of CR structures in five dimensions, using a differential complex closely related to the differential form complex introduced by Rumin for contact manifolds.

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