Extreme points of the distance function on convex surfaces

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 350, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1395-1406

  Zamfirescu, Tudor ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 22044441292     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-98-02106-0     Document Type: Article

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