摘要
In this paper we take up the problem of discussing C R manifolds of arbitrary C R codimension. We closely follow the general method of N.~Tanaka, while concentrating our attention to the case of manifolds endowed with partial complex structures. This study required a deeper understanding of the structure of the Levi--Tanaka algebras, which are the canonical prolongation of pseudocomplex fundamental graded Lie algebras. These algebras enjoy special properties, the understanding of which provided also a way to build up several different examples and points to a rich field of investigations. Here we restrained further our consideration to the homogeneous models.