Upper bounds on the length of a shortest closed geodesic and quantitative Hurewicz theorem

Journal of the European Mathematical Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-244

  Nabutovsky, Alexander ^a   Rotman, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 3242788743     PISSN: 14359855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10097-003-0051-7     Document Type: Article

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