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Rigidity for non-compact surfaces of finite area and certain Kähler manifolds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Jianguo Cao
Jianguo Cao
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Department of Mathematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA ([email protected])
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Abstract

We first consider the rigidity of the marked length spectrum for non-compact surfaces of finite area.

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Research Article
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , June 1995 , pp. 475 - 516
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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