Curvature properties of the positively curved Eschenburg spaces

Differential Geometry and its Application

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-124

  Dickinson, William C ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohomogeneity one; Eschenburg spaces; Pinching; Positive curvature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347530084     PISSN: 09262245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.difgeo.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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