Manifolds with preassigned curvature—a survey

DOI10.1090/S0002-9904-1975-13740-2zbMath0299.53025WikidataQ125620676 ScholiaQ125620676MaRDI QIDQ4054335

Herman Gluck

Publication date: 1975

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global submanifolds (53C40) Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to differential geometry (53-02) Embeddings and immersions in PL-topology (57Q35)

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