The de rham decomposition theorem for metric spaces

Geometric and Functional Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 120-143

  Foertsch, Thomas ^a   Lytchak, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

De Rham decomposition theorem; Direct product; Euclidean factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749088331     PISSN: 1016443X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00039-008-0652-0     Document Type: Article

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