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Balls and metrics defined by vector fields I: Basic properties

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Nagel, A., Stein, E.M. & Wainger, S. Balls and metrics defined by vector fields I: Basic properties. Acta Math. 155, 103–147 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02392539

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