Lower bounds on Ricci curvature and the almost rigidity of warped products

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 189-237

  Cheeger, Jeff ^a   Colding, Tobias H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030522764     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2118589     Document Type: Article

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