New extremal problems for the Riemannian recognition program via Alexandrov geometry

Grove, Karsten; Markvorsen, Steen

doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-1995-1276824-4

New extremal problems for the Riemannian recognition program via Alexandrov geometry
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by Karsten Grove and Steen Markvorsen

J. Amer. Math. Soc. 8 (1995), 1-28

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