Convexity of domains of Riemannian manifolds

Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-84

  Bartolo, Rossella ^a   Germinario, Anna ^a   Sánchez, Miguel ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boundary; Convexity; Geodesic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001957283     PISSN: 0232704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014231603588     Document Type: Article

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