Complexifications of Symmetric Spaces and Jordan Theory. Part II: Integrability and Conformal Group

Using a geometric approach, we define and investigate the conformal group of a twisted complex symmetric space and, more generally, of a real form of such a space. In the non-degenerate case we characterize this group by a theorem generalizing the fundamental theorem of projective geometry.

(This paper has appeared under the title "Conformal group and fundamental theorem for a class of symmetric spaces" in Math. Z. 233 (2000), no. 1, 39--73)

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W. Bertram <Wolfgang.Bertram@antares.iecn.u-nancy.fr>