Geometry of 2-step nilpotent groups with a left invariant metric
Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure, Serie 4, Volume 27 (1994) no. 5, pp. 611-660.
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Eberlein, Patrick. Geometry of $2$-step nilpotent groups with a left invariant metric. Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure, Serie 4, Volume 27 (1994) no. 5, pp. 611-660. doi : 10.24033/asens.1702. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.24033/asens.1702/

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