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Curve-straightening in Riemannian manifolds

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Case Western Reserve University, 44106, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

    Joel Langer & David A. Singer

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Research supported by NSF Grant No. DMS85-03292

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Langer, J., Singer, D.A. Curve-straightening in Riemannian manifolds. Ann Glob Anal Geom 5, 133–150 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00127856

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