Perelman's reduced volume and a gap theorem for the Ricci flow

Communications in Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-263

  Yokota, Takumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 68349114806     PISSN: 10198385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2009.v17.n2.a3     Document Type: Article

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