## Duke Mathematical Journal

### A Bochner theorem and applications

Xiaochun Rong

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 91, Number 2 (1998), 381-392.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077232083

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-98-09116-5

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1600598

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0962.53026

#### Citation

Rong, Xiaochun. A Bochner theorem and applications. Duke Math. J. 91 (1998), no. 2, 381--392. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-98-09116-5. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077232083.

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