Let Fr(n) be the incomplete complex flag manifold of length r in Cn. We make a start on the complete determination of the torsion part of the group KO-i(Fr(n)) giving results here when r = 2, 3.
In this paper we study some rigidity properties for Finsler manifolds of sectional flag curvature. We prove that any Landsberg manifold of non-zero sectional flag curvature and any closed Finsler manifold of negative sectional flag curvature must be Riemannian.
Motivated by the study of CR-submanifolds of codimension in , the authors consider here a -dimensional oriented manifold equipped with a -dimensional distribution. Under some non-degeneracy condition, two different geometric situations can occur. In the elliptic case, one constructs a canonical almost complex structure on ; the hyperbolic case leads to a canonical almost product structure. In both cases the only local invariants are given by the obstructions to integrability for these structures....