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We give the classification of all finite dimensional Levi-Tanaka algebras of CR codimension two and construct the corresponding standard homogeneous CR manifolds.
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Medori, C., Nacinovich, M. Standard CR manifolds of codimension 2. Transformation Groups 6, 53–78 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01236062
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