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Some examples of higher ank manifolds of nonnegative curvature

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  1. Department of Mathematics, SUNY, 11794, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    R. J. Spatzier & M. Strake

  2. Department of Mathematics, UCLA, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    R. J. Spatzier & M. Strake

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Partially supported by the NSF, Sloan Foundation Fellow.

Partially supported by the Heinrich-Hertz-Stiftung.

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Spatzier, R.J., Strake, M. Some examples of higher ank manifolds of nonnegative curvature. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 65, 299–317 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02566609

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