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Regularization via Cheeger deformations

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We show that Cheeger deformations regularize G-invariant metrics in a very strong sense.

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We are grateful to Peter Petersen, Wilderich Tuschmann, and Burkhard Wilking for stimulating conversations on this topic.

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Correspondence to Pedro Solórzano.

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P. Solórzano is supported by IMPA and CAPES.

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Searle, C., Solórzano, P. & Wilhelm, F. Regularization via Cheeger deformations. Ann Glob Anal Geom 48, 295–303 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10455-015-9471-3

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