Collapsed manifolds with pinched positive sectional curvature

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 335-358

  Rong, Xiaochun ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0013165288     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214425069     Document Type: Article

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