Nilpotent structures and invariant metrics on collapsed manifolds

Journal of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 327-372

  Cheeger, Jeff ^a,b,c   Fukaya, Kenji ^a,b,c   Gromov, Mikhael ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

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EID: 84968509403     PISSN: 08940347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0894-0347-1992-1126118-X     Document Type: Article

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