The gromov-lawson-rosenberg conjecture for groups with periodic cohomology

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 374-405

  Botvinnik, Boris ^a   Gilkey, Peter ^a   Stolz, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 0031184676     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1214459973     Document Type: Article

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