Riemannian Lp center of mass: Existence, uniqueness, and convexity

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 655-673

  Afsari, Bijan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 78651334142     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-2010-10541-5     Document Type: Article

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