Orbifold compactness for spaces of Riemannian metrics and applications

Mathematische Annalen

Volumn 331, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 739-778

  Anderson, Michael T ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 15244339017     PISSN: 00255831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00208-004-0603-5     Document Type: Article

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