Heat kernel estimates with application to compactness of manifolds

Quarterly Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 171-180

  Gong, Fu Zhou ^a   Wang, Feng Yu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0035592025     PISSN: 00335606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmath/52.2.171     Document Type: Article

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