Euclidean metric and flat metric outside a compact set

Euclidean metric and flat metric outside a compact set
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 105 (1989), 701-705 Request permission

We investigate to what extent there is the gap between Euclidean metrics and flat metrics outside a compact set in complete Riemannian planes.

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