A generalization of the classical sphere theorem

A generalization of the classical sphere theorem
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 255-258 Request permission

In this paper, we prove a sphere theorem for Riemannian manifolds with partially positive curvature which generalizes the classical sphere theorem.

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