Certain conditions for a Riemannian manifold to be isometric with a sphere

DOI10.2969/JMSJ/01430333zbMATH Open0115.39302OpenAlexW2069261787WikidataQ56001489 ScholiaQ56001489MaRDI QIDQ2625656FDOQ2625656

Authors: Morio Obata 

Publication date: 1962

Published in: Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2969/jmsj/01430333

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Riemannian manifolds

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