The lipschitz continuity of the distance function to the cut locus

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-40

  Itoh, Jin Ichi ^a,b   Tanaka, Minoru ^a,b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 12844253040     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-00-02564-2     Document Type: Article

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