## Duke Mathematical Journal

### An analogue of the Hom functor and a generalized nuclear democracy theorem

Haisheng Li

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 93, Number 1 (1998), 73-114.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077230637

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-98-09303-6

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1620083

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0956.17017

#### Citation

Li, Haisheng. An analogue of the Hom functor and a generalized nuclear democracy theorem. Duke Math. J. 93 (1998), no. 1, 73--114. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-98-09303-6. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077230637.

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