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New extremal problems for the Riemannian recognition program via Alexandrov geometry

Author(s): Karsten Grove; Steen Markvorsen
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 8 (1995), 1-28.
MSC: Primary 53C23; Secondary 53C20
MathSciNet review: 1276824
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