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The existence of negatively Ricci curved metrics on three manifolds

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

    L. Zhiyong Gao

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, 92093, La Jolla, CA, USA

    S. T. Yau

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Supported in part by a National Science Foundation Grant. DMS-8502797

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Gao, L.Z., Yau, S.T. The existence of negatively Ricci curved metrics on three manifolds. Invent Math 85, 637–652 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01390331

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