Exotic spheres with lots of positive curvatures

Journal of Geometric Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 161-186

  Wilhelm, Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curvature and exotic spheres

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EID: 0005519128     PISSN: 10506926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02921960     Document Type: Article

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