On the compactness of manifolds

Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 29-38

  Li, Xue Mei ^a,b   Wang, Feng Yu ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compactness; Curvature; Functional inequality; Riemannian manifolds

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244226599     PISSN: 02190257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219025703001249     Document Type: Review

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