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November 2013 A topological approach to unifying compactifications of symmetric spaces
Pedro J. Freitas
Asian J. Math. 17(4): 597-608 (November 2013).

Abstract

In this paper we present a topological way of building a compactification of a symmetric space from a compactification of a Weyl Chamber. We also present a way to achieve compactifications by means of generalized Busemann functions.

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Pedro J. Freitas. "A topological approach to unifying compactifications of symmetric spaces." Asian J. Math. 17 (4) 597 - 608, November 2013.

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Published: November 2013
First available in Project Euclid: 22 August 2014

zbMATH: 1288.53043
MathSciNet: MR3152254

Subjects:
Primary: 53C35 , 54D35

Keywords: Compactifications , symmetric spaces

Rights: Copyright © 2013 International Press of Boston

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