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Partially supported by NSF Grant # DMS9204267 and Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
Partially supported by NSF Grant # DMS9409166. Both authors would like to thank MSRI for additional support and hospitality during the fall of 1993
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Dai, X., Wei, G. A comparison-estimate of Toponogov type for Ricci curvature. Math. Ann. 303, 297–306 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01460991
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