Positive mass theorem and the boundary behaviors of compact manifolds with nonnegative scalar curvature

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 79-125

  Shi, Yuguang ^a   Tam, Luen Fai ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0038720181     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1090425530     Document Type: Article

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