Volumes, middle-dimensional systoles, and whitehead products

Mathematical Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-471

  Babenko, Ivan K ^a   Katz, Mikhail G ^b   Suciu, Alexander I ^c  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarea inequality; Hilton Milnor theorem; Isoperimetric inequality; Systole; Systolic freedom; Volume; Whitehead product

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032219338     PISSN: 10732780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/MRL.1998.v5.n4.a4     Document Type: Article

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