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On the cone structure at infinity of Ricci flat manifolds with Euclidean volume growth and quadratic curvature decay

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Oblatum 20-IX-1993 & 5-IV-1994

Partially supported by N.S.F. Grant #DMS9303999

Partially supported by N.S.F. Grant #DMS9303999 and Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship

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Cheeger, J., Tian, G. On the cone structure at infinity of Ricci flat manifolds with Euclidean volume growth and quadratic curvature decay. Invent Math 118, 493–571 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01231543

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