An excess sphere theorem
Petersen, Peter ; Zhu, Shun-Hui
Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure, Tome 26 (1993), p. 175-188 / Harvested from Numdam
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Petersen, Peter; Zhu, Shun-Hui. An excess sphere theorem. Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure, Tome 26 (1993) pp. 175-188. doi : 10.24033/asens.1670. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/ASENS_1993_4_26_2_175_0/

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