On the structure of spaces with ricci curvature bounded below. I

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 406-480

  Cheeger, Jeff ^a   Colding, Tobias H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031182532     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214459974     Document Type: Article

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