Notions of convexity in Carnot groups

Communications in Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-341

  Danielli, Donatella ^a   Garofalo, Nicola ^a,b   Nhieu, Duy Minh ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142194374     PISSN: 10198385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2003.v11.n2.a5     Document Type: Article

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