On the fundamental groups of manifolds of positive sectional curvature

Annals of Mathematics

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 397-411

  Rong, Xiaochun ^a,b,c  

^a MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0030547161     PISSN: 0003486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2118648     Document Type: Article

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