Collapsing vs. positive pinching

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 699-735

  Petrunin, Anton ^a   Rong, Xiaochun ^b   Tuschmann, Wilderich ^c  

^a STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 0013075526     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000390050100     Document Type: Article

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