Integral curvature bounds, distance estimates and applications

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-298

  Petersen, Peter ^a   Sprouse, Chadwick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0001136902     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214461171     Document Type: Article

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