Manifolds of positive scalar curvature and conformal cobordism theory

Mathematische Annalen

Volumn 324, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 817-840

  Akutagawa, Kazuo ^a   Botvinnik, Boris ^b  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0036882731     PISSN: 00255831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00208-002-0364-y     Document Type: Article

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