On Einstein Manifolds of Positive Sectional Curvature

Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 315-328

  Gursky, Matthew J ^a   Lebrun, Claude ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Einstein manifold; Scalar curvature; Sectional curvature; Weyl curvature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000901984     PISSN: 0232704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006597912184     Document Type: Article

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