A topological splitting theorem for weighted Alexandrov spaces

Tohoku Mathematical Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-76

  Kuwae, Kazuhiro ^a   Shioya, Takashi ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bishop Gromov inequality; Ricci curvature; Splitting theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869457450     PISSN: 00408735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2748/tmj/1303219936     Document Type: Article

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