## Journal of Differential Geometry

### Bounds on the von Neumann dimension of $L\sp 2$-cohomology and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem for open manifolds

#### Article information

Source
J. Differential Geom., Volume 21, Number 1 (1985), 1-34.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 26 June 2008

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jdg/1214439461

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.4310/jdg/1214439461

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR806699

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0614.53034

Subjects
Primary: 58G12

#### Citation

Cheeger, Jeff; Gromov, Mikhael. Bounds on the von Neumann dimension of $L\sp 2$-cohomology and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem for open manifolds. J. Differential Geom. 21 (1985), no. 1, 1--34. doi:10.4310/jdg/1214439461. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jdg/1214439461

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