Bounded and L2 harmonic forms on universal covers

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-303

  Elworthy, K D ^a   Li, Xue Mei ^b   Rosenberg, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

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EID: 0032222149     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000390050057     Document Type: Article

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