## Osaka Journal of Mathematics

### Corrected energy of distributions for 3-Sasakian and normal complex contact manifolds

#### Abstract

In this paper we show that the natural fibrations on 3-Sasakian manifolds and on normal complex contact metric manifolds are minima of the corrected energy of the corresponding distributions.

#### Article information

Source
Osaka J. Math., Volume 43, Number 1 (2006), 193-200.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 28 April 2006

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1146243002

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2222409

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1102.53030

#### Citation

Blair, David E.; Turgut Vanli, Aysel. Corrected energy of distributions for 3-Sasakian and normal complex contact manifolds. Osaka J. Math. 43 (2006), no. 1, 193--200. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1146243002

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