Some recent progress in classical general relativity

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3943-3963

  Finster, Felix ^a   Smoller, Joel ^b   Yau, Shing Tung ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034381247     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.533332     Document Type: Review

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