The metric geometry of the manifold of Riemannian metrics over a closed manifold

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 533-545

  Clarke, Brian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957984429     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-010-0323-5     Document Type: Article

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