Optimal pinching constants of odd dimensional homogeneous spaces

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 631-684

  Püttmann, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 0033450498     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002220050355     Document Type: Article

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