## Duke Mathematical Journal

### The differential form spectrum of manifolds of positive curvature

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 69, Number 1 (1993), 1-41.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077293422

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-06901-3

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1201689

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0791.53046

#### Citation

Escobar, Jose F.; Freire, Alexandre. The differential form spectrum of manifolds of positive curvature. Duke Math. J. 69 (1993), no. 1, 1--41. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-06901-3. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077293422.

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