A new variational characterization of three-dimensional space forms

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 251-278

  Gursky, Matthew J ^a,c   Viaclovsky, Jeff A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035613419     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002220100147     Document Type: Article

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