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Characterizations of space forms by hypersurfaces

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.

    Bang-yen Chen & Leopold Verstraelen

  2. Departement Wiskunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, B-3030, Leuven, België

    Bang-yen Chen & Leopold Verstraelen

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Chen, By., Verstraelen, L. (1981). Characterizations of space forms by hypersurfaces. In: Ferus, D., Kühnel, W., Simon, U., Wegner, B. (eds) Global Differential Geometry and Global Analysis. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 838. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0088846

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