Positive pinching, volume and second Betti number

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 641-674

  Fang, Fuquan ^a   Rong, Xiaochun ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000997050     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000390050098     Document Type: Article

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