## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Metric curvature, convergence, and topological finiteness

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J. Volume 66, Number 1 (1992), 43-57.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077294664

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-92-06602-6

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1159431

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0770.53033

#### Citation

Plaut, Conrad. Metric curvature, convergence, and topological finiteness. Duke Math. J. 66 (1992), no. 1, 43--57. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-92-06602-6. http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077294664.

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