Curvature bounds for warped products of metric spaces

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1143-1181

  Alexander, S B ^a   Bishop, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 16244406544     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-004-0487-2     Document Type: Article

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