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Dupin submanifolds in lie sphere geometry

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Differential Geometry and Topology

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The first author was supported by NSF Grant No. DMS 87-06015, the second author by NSF Grant No. DMS 87-01609.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, College of the Holy Cross, 01610, Worcester, MA

    Thomas E. Cecil

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA

    Shiing-Shen Chern

  3. Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, 1000 Centennial Drive, 94720, Berkeley, CA

    Shiing-Shen Chern

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Cecil, T.E., Chern, SS. (1989). Dupin submanifolds in lie sphere geometry. In: Jiang, B., Peng, CK., Hou, Z. (eds) Differential Geometry and Topology. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1369. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0087525

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