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On deformation of Riemannian metrics and manifolds with positive curvature operator

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Kyushu University 33, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    Seiki Nishikawa

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Katsuhiro Shiohama Takashi Sakai Toshikazu Sunada

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Nishikawa, S. (1986). On deformation of Riemannian metrics and manifolds with positive curvature operator. In: Shiohama, K., Sakai, T., Sunada, T. (eds) Curvature and Topology of Riemannian Manifolds. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1201. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0075657

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