A note on the Gauss-Bonnet theorem for Finsler spaces

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-252

  Bao, David ^a   Chern, S S ^a  

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EID: 0030540325     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2118643     Document Type: Article

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