The local structure of length spaces with curvature bounded above

Mathematische Zeitschrift

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-456

  Kleiner, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0033432203     PISSN: 00255874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00004738     Document Type: Article

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