Convergence of spectral structures: A functional analytic theory and its applications to spectral geometry

Communications in Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 599-673

  Kuwae, Kazuhiro ^a   Shioya, Takashi ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 4043070671     PISSN: 10198385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2003.v11.n4.a1     Document Type: Article

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