%0 Journal Article %A Patrick Eberlein %A Jens Heber %T A differential geometric characterization of symmetric spaces of higher rank %J Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS %D 1990 %P 33-44 %V 71 %I Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques %U https://pmihes.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.1007/BF02699876/ %R 10.1007/BF02699876 %G en %F PMIHES_1990__71__33_0