A finite version of Schur’s theorem
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Abstract:
A necessary and sufficient condition for constancy of curvature in terms of umbilicity of small metric spheres is given.References
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- © Copyright 1975 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (1975), 440-442
- MSC: Primary 53C20
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1975-0383295-8
- MathSciNet review: 0383295