## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Volume-minimizing cycles in Grassmann manifolds

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 79, Number 2 (1995), 335-404.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077285156

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07909-5

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1344765

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0837.53035

#### Citation

Gluck, Herman; Mackenzie, Dana; Morgan, Frank. Volume-minimizing cycles in Grassmann manifolds. Duke Math. J. 79 (1995), no. 2, 335--404. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-95-07909-5. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077285156

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