Ricci flatness of asymptotically locally Euclidean metrics

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 355, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1933-1959

  Ni, Lei ^a   Shi, Yuguang ^b   Tam, Luen Fai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0037407183     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-02-03242-7     Document Type: Article

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