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Structure of manifolds of nonpositive curvature

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Global Differential Geometry and Global Analysis 1984

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Eberlein, P. (1985). Structure of manifolds of nonpositive curvature. In: Ferus, D., Gardner, R.B., Helgason, S., Simon, U. (eds) Global Differential Geometry and Global Analysis 1984. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1156. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0075088

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