Comparison geometry for the bakry-emery ricci tensor

Journal of Differential Geometry

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-405

  Wei, Guofang ^a   Wylie, Will ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 73349083915     PISSN: 0022040X     EISSN: 1945743X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/jdg/1261495336     Document Type: Article

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