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Positive scalar curvature and the Dirac operator on complete riemannian manifolds

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    Mikhael Gromov & H. Blaine Lawson

  2. Department of Mathematics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 11794, Stony Brook, N.Y.

    Mikhael Gromov & H. Blaine Lawson

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Gromov, M., Lawson, H.B. Positive scalar curvature and the Dirac operator on complete riemannian manifolds. Publications Mathématiques de l’Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques 58, 83–196 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02953774

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Keywords

  • Scalar Curvature
  • Dirac Operator
  • Compact Manifold
  • Complete Riemannian Manifold
  • Minimal Hypersurface