Geometry & Topology Volume 29, issue 1 (2025)

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Lower Ricci curvature and nonexistence of manifold structure

Erik Hupp, Aaron Naber and Kai-Hsiang Wang

Geometry & Topology 29 (2025) 443–477

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2025.29.443

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