## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Restrictions on the geometry at infinity of nonnegatively curved manifolds

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 78, Number 2 (1995), 257-276.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077285746

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07811-9

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1333500

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0838.53036

#### Citation

Guijarro, Luis; Kapovitch, Vitali. Restrictions on the geometry at infinity of nonnegatively curved manifolds. Duke Math. J. 78 (1995), no. 2, 257--276. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07811-9. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077285746

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