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  1. Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, 251 Mercer Street, 10012, New York, N. Y.

    R. Schoen

  2. Department of Mathematics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, California

    S. T. Yau

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Dedicated to Hans Lewy and Charles B. Morrey, Jr.

Research supported in part by NSF MCF 7804872

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Schoen, R., Yau, S.T. On the structure of manifolds with positive scalar curvature. Manuscripta Math 28, 159–183 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01647970

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