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Classification of almost quarter-pinched manifolds
Author(s):
Peter
Petersen;
Terence
Tao
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
137
(2009),
2437-2440.
MSC (2000):
Primary 53C21
Posted:
January 30, 2009
MathSciNet review:
2495279
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Abstract:
We show that if a simply connected manifold is almost quarter-pinched, then it is diffeomorphic to a CROSS or a sphere.
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Peter
Petersen
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095
Email:
petersen@math.ucla.edu
Terence
Tao
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of California, 520 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California 90095
Email:
tao@math.ucla.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-09-09802-5
PII:
S 0002-9939(09)09802-5
Received by editor(s):
July 11, 2008,
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
October 16, 2008
Posted:
January 30, 2009
Communicated by:
Richard A. Wentworth
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