## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Gap theorems for noncompact Riemannian manifolds

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 49, Number 3 (1982), 731-756.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077315386

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-82-04937-7

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR672504

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0513.53045

#### Citation

Greene, R. E.; Wu, H. Gap theorems for noncompact Riemannian manifolds. Duke Math. J. 49 (1982), no. 3, 731--756. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-82-04937-7. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077315386

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