Tohoku Mathematical Journal · 1966 · 16 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesMathematicsComplex SystemsDynamical SystemsTopologyDifferential GeometryGroup TheorySymplectic GeometryContact StructuresContact TransformationsDifferentiable StructuresSymplectic FormsSymplectic MapsSymplectic Spaces
In this paper, we shall prove that the group of automorphisms of a contact or a symplectic structure denned on a compact manifold M n acts transitively on it. For this purpose, we first notice that we can find a linear mapping h from the linear space of differentiable functions $ defined on M n
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William M. Boothby, H. C. Wang · Annals of Mathematics · 1958 · 435 citations
Some Global Properties of Contact Structures
John W. Gray · Annals of Mathematics · 1959 · 388 citations